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LYNCHING  PAMPHLETS* 


President  Wilson’s  Lynching  and  Mob  Violence  Pronouncement  T (of 
July  26,  1918). 

Lynchings  of  May,  1918,  in  Brooks  and  Lowndes  Counties,  Georgia; 

an  investigation  by  the  N.  A.  A.  C.  P.;  8 pages. 

The  Massacre  of  East  St.  Louis ; an  account  of  an  Investigation  by  W.  E.  Burg- 
hardt  Du  Bois  and  Martha  Gruening,  for  the  N.  A.  A.  C.  P.,  illustrated, 
20  pages,  reprinted  from  The  Crisis  for  September,  1917. 

The  Burning  of  Ell  Person  at  Memphis,  Tenn. ; an  account  taken  from 
the  Memphis  daily  papers  of  May  22,  23,  24  and  June  3,  1917;  4 pages. 

The  Burning  of  Ell  Person  at  Memphis,  Tenn.;  an  investigation  by 
James  Weldon  Johnson  for  the  N.  A.  A.  C.  P.;  reprinted  from  The  Crisis 
for  July,  1917;  8 pages. 

The  Lynching  of  Anthony  Crawford  (at  Abbeville,  S.  C.,  October  21,  1916). 
Article  by  Roy  Nash  (then)  Secretary,  N.  A.  A.  C.  P.;  reprinted  from  the 
Independent  for  December,  1916;  4 pages,  large  size. 

Notes  on  Lynching  in  the  United  States,  compiled  from  The  Crisis,  1912; 
16  pages. 

Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States,  1889-1918,  April,fl919; 

105  pages,  fifty  cents,  f 

The  Fight  Against  Lynching;  Anti-Lynching  Work  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Colored  People  for  the  year  1918;  April, 
1919;  20  pages,  ten  cents. 


* Copies  of  the  pamphlets  listed  may  be  obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Association, 
t Through  a typographical  error,  this  publication  was  advertised  in  the  Association’s  annual 
report  (for  1018)  at  fifteen  cents  instead  of  fifty  cents. 


THIRTY  YEARS 
OF  LYNCHING 

IN  THE 

UNITED  STATES 

1889-1918 


V 


Published  by  the 

National  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Colored  People 

National  Office 

70  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 

APRIL,  1919 


PRICE 


FIFTY  CENTS 


THIRTY  YEARS  OF  LYNCHING  1889-1918 


CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Foreword 5 

Summation  of  the  Facts  Disclosed  in  Tables  (Appendix  I) 7 

The  Story  of  One  Hundred  Lynchings 11 

Appendix  I — Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched 29 

Appendix  II — Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched  in  United 
States,  1S89  to  1918,  Inclusive,  Arranged  by  States 43 


FOREWORD 


Until  the  recent  outbreaks  in  Germany,  where,  under  revolu- 
tionary conditions,  a few  lynchings  have  taken  place,  the  United 
States  has  for  long  been  the  only  advanced  nation  whose  govern- 
ment has  tolerated  lynching.  The  facts  are  well  known  to 
students  of  public  affairs.  It  is  high  time  that  they  became  the 
common  property,  since  they  are  the  common  shame,  of  all 
Americans. 

The  National  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Colored  Peo- 
ple, within  the  limits  of  its  financial  resources,  has  been  carrying 
on  an  educational  and  publicity  campaign  in  the  public  press, 
through  its  own  pamphlet  publications  and  the  columns  of  The 
Crisis,  and  through  public  meetings,  to  bring  home  to  the  American 
people  their  responsibility  for  the  persistence  of  this  monstrous 
blot  upon  America’s  honor.  Lynching  has  had,  and  to  some 
degree  still  has,  its  apologists,  who  have  alleged  one  and  another 
excuse  for  it  in  given  cases.  But,  none  of  the  several  pleas 
which  has  been  made  to  explain  or  excuse  it  can  stand  the  light 
of  reason  or  find  the  slightest  real  justification  in  a nation  gov- 
erned by  law,  which  has  found  ample  means  to  cope  with  lawless- 
ness whenever  and  wherever  the  public  authorities  have  taken 
seriously  their  oaths  of  office. 

On  July  26,  1918,  when  the  nation  was  at  war  with  the  Central 
Powers,  President  Wilson  appealed  to  “the  governors  of  all  the 
states,  the  law  officers  of  every  community  and,  above  all,  the 
men  and  women  of  every  community  in  the  United  States,  all 
who  revere  America  and  wish  to  keep  her  name  without  stain  or 
reproach,  (to)  cooperate,  not  passively  merely,  but  actively  and 
watchfully,  to  make  an  end  of  this  disgraceful  evil,”  saying,  “It 
cannot  live  where  the  community  does  not  countenance  it.” 

Despite  President  Wilson’s  earnest  appeal,  made  under  such 
extraordinary  circumstances,  lynchings  continued  during  the 
remaining  period  of  the  war  with  unabated  fury.  Sixty-three 
Negroes,  five  of  them  women,  and  four  white  men  fell  victims  to 
mob  ruthlessness  during  1918  and  in  no  case  was  any  member  of 
the  mobs  convicted  in  any  court  and  in  only  two  instances  were 
trials  held.  In  both  of  these  instances  the  mob  members  were 


6 Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 

acquitted.  One  case  was  that  of  the  lynchers  of  the  white  man, 
Robert  P.  Praeger,  in  Illinois,  the  other  that  of  the  lynchers  of  a 
Negro,  Will  Bird,  in  Alabama. 

The  present  publication,  “Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the 
United  States,  1889-1918,”  sums  up  the  facts  for  this  period.  It 
is  believed  that  more  persons  have  been  lynched  than  those 
whose  names  are  given  in  Appendix  II  following.  Only  such 
cases  have  been  included  as  were  authenticated  by  such  evidence 
as  was  given  credence  by  a recognized  newspaper  or  confirmed 
by  a responsible  investigator. 

In  presenting  this  material  we  have  refrained  from  editorial 
comment,  restricting  our  text  to  a brief  summary  of  the  facts 
which  are  more  fully  illustrated  in  the  tables  printed  in  Appendix 
I.  In  addition  to  the  two  appendices  named,  and  to  the  sum- 
mary of  the  facts  disclosed  in  the  tables,  we  have  included  a short 
summary  of  the  actual  happenings  in  the  cases  of  one  hundred 
persons  lynched,  as  taken  from  press  accounts  and,  in  a few 
cases,  from  the  reports  of  our  own  investigators.  These  data 
appear  under  the  heading,  The  Story  of  One  Hundred.  Lynchings. 

Acknowledgment  is  made  to  Miss  Martha  Gruening  and  to 
Miss  Helen  Boardman,  who  assisted  her,  for  work  done  in  exam- 
ining the  files  of  leading  newspapers  and  other  records  for  a 
period  of  thirty  years  and  in  compiling  data  from  which  The 
Story  of  One  Hundred  Lynchings  has  been  taken. 

John  R.  Shillady,  Secretary. 

National  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Colored  People. 


SUMMATION  OF  THE  FACTS  DISCLOSED  IN  TABLES 


More  or  less  accurate  records  of  lynchings  have  been  kept  by 
the  Chicago  Tribune,  Tuskegee  Institute  and,  since  1912,  The 
Crisis  and  the  National  Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Colored  People.  These  records  go  back  to  1885.  In  the  present 
study  of  the  subject,  we  have  confined  ourselves  to  the  story  of 
the  past  thirty  years,  from  1889  to  1918,  inclusive.  During  these 
years  3,224  persons  have  been  killed  by  lynching  mobs.*  Seven 
hundred  and  two  white  persons  and  2,522  Negroes  have  been 
victims,  f Of  the  whites  lynched,  691  have  been  men  and  11 
women;  of  the  colored,  2,472  were  men  and  50  were  women. 
For  the  whole  period,  78.2  per  cent,  of  the  victims  were  Negroes 
and  21.8  per  cent,  white  persons. 

Distribution  of  the  Lynchings 

For  the  thirty  years’  period  as  a whole,  the  North  has  had  219 
victims,  the  South,  2,834,  the  West,  156,  and  Alaska  and  unknown 
localities,  15  victims.  An  examination  of  Table  No.  3 will  show 
that  the  eight  South  Atlantic  States  are  responsible  for  862  of 
the  total  of  2,834  for  the  South  as  a whole;  the  four  East  South 
Central  States  have  had  1,014  victims,  and  the  four  West  South 
Central  States  958.  Georgia  leads  in  this  unholy  ascendancy 
with  386  victims,  followed  closely  by  Mississippi  with  373  vic- 
tims, Texas  with  335,  Louisiana  with  313,  Alabama  with  276, 
Arkansas  with  214,  Tennessee  with  196,  Florida  with  178  and 
Kentucky  with  169.  The  nine  states  above  named  are  those 

* A total  of  181  persons  has  been  eliminated  from  the  total  number  of 
persons  lynched  (43  white,  138  colored),  as  shown  in  annual  summaries  in 
The  Crisis.  (See  following  foot-note.) 

t The  Crisis,  annual  summaries  of  the  number  of  persons  lynched  for  the 
thirty  years’  period,  show  a total  of  745  white  persons  and  2,650  colored. 
The  Crisis'  figures  are  based,  for  the  years  prior  to  1912,  upon  Chicago  Tri- 
bune figures.  Forty -three  white  persons  and  138  colored  have  not  been 
included  in  the  present  study  because  we  have  been  unable,  due  to  imper- 
fections in  the  available  data,  to  record  the  name  of  person  lynched  and 
the  date,  place  and  alleged  cause  of  the  lynching.  Had  these  eliminated 
persons  been  included,  concerning  whose  lynching  there  is  strong  proba- 
bility, our  total  would  have  been  3,405. 


8 Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 

which,  for  the  thirty  years’  period,  have  each  a percentage  of  the 
total  number  of  lynchings  in  excess  of  five  per  cent. 

Fifty  colored  women  and  11  white  women  were  lynched  in  14 
states.  Thirteen  of  the  14  states  in  which  women  fell  victims 
to  mobs  were  Southern  states,  Nebraska  being  the  only  state 
outside  the  South  which  lynched  women. 

Comparing  the  northern,  southern  and  western  states  by  five 
years’  periods  (see  Table  No.  5),  the  following  is  noted: 


NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  LYNCHED 


Geographical 

Division 

1889- 

1893 

1894- 

1898 

1899- 

1903 

1904- 

1908 

1909- 

1913 

1914- 

1918 

The  North 

66 

73 

44 

9 

15 

12 

The  South 

690 

661 

474 

362 

343 

304 

The  West 

76 

34 

24 

9 

4 

9 

This  summation  shows  that  while  in  all  sections  of  the  country 
there  has  been  a progressive  decrease  in  the  number  of  lynchings 
at  each  of  the  five  years’  periods,  this  decrease  in  the  North  and 
West  has  far  outrun  the  decrease  in  the  South.  The  North  and 
West  together  have  lynched  21  persons  during  the  last  five  years’ 
period,  whereas  during  the  same  time  304  persons  were  lynched 
in  the  South. 

Georgia  began  the  first  five  years’  period  with  61  lynchings 
and  ended  the  last  five  years’  period  with  exactly  the  same  num- 
ber. This  number,  by  the  way,  was  the  lowest,  with  one  excep- 
tion, which  Georgia  reached  during  the  thirty  years.  Alabama, 
on  the  contrary,  began  with  84,  a number  one-third  greater  than 
Georgia’s,  which  had  been  reduced  during  the  last  five  years’ 
period  to  19.  Mississippi  began  with  91  for  the  first  period  and 
ended  with  28  in  the  latter  five  years’  period.  Georgia  and  Texas 
alone,  of  all  the  states,  have  made  no  proportionate  decrease  in 
the  number  of  lynchings  during  the  thirty  years’  period.  Texas 
shows  an  increase  during  the  last  five  years  over  her  record  for 
three  preceding  five  years’  periods. 

In  considering  these  facts  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the 
number  of  lynchings  has  steadily  been  decreasing.  When,  there- 


Summation  of  the  Facts  Disclosed  in  Tables  9 

fore,  Georgia  and  Texas  show  no  decrease  in  the  former  state 
and  only  a small  decrease  in  the  latter  state,  it  means  that  relative 
to  the  country  as  a whole,  lynchings  have  been  on  the  increase  in 
these  two  states. 

Decrease  in  Lynching  During  Past  Thirty  Years 

Table  No.  8 shows  the  percentage  of  decrease  in  the  number  of 
persons  lynched  during  each  five  years’  period.  Comparing  the 
five  years,  1914-1918,  with  the  five  years,  1889-1893,  the  table 
shows  a decrease  of  61.3  per  cent,  in  the  total  number  of  persons 
lynched.  The  percentage  of  decrease  in  the  number  of  whites 
lynched  was  77.6  and  of  colored,  54.4.  Since  1903  the  number  of 
whites  lynched  has  been  decreasing  steadily.  The  increase  for 
the  period  1914-1918  to  61  white  persons  lynched  is  largely 
accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  in  1915,  43  whites  were  lynched. 
Twenty-seven  of  these  were  Mexicans  who  were  lynched  in  the 
state  of  Texas.  Many  citizens  of  Texas  look  upon  Mexicans  in 
somewhat  the  same  way  as  they  look  upon  Negroes  (alas  for 
democracy),  so  that  the  lynching  of  this  number  of  Mexicans 
would  not  be  regarded  by  them  in  the  same  light  as  would  the 
lynching  of  so  many  white  Texans  or  other  white  citizens  of  the 
United  States. 

Except  in  1915  and  in  1909  and  1910,  the  number  of  whites 
lynched  in  any  year  since  1903  has  been  less  than  ten.  The  per- 
centage of  whites  lynched  in  the  first  ten  years’  period  of  our 
study  was  30  per  cent;  in  the  second  ten  years’  period,  12.4  per 
cent,  and  in  the  third  ten  years’  period,  15  per  cent. 

Alleged  Offenses  which  Appear  as  “Causes”  for  the 
Lynchings 

Table  No.  6 sums  up  the  known  facts  regarding  the  alleged 
offenses  committed  by  the  men  and  women  lynched.  It  is  to  be 
remembered  that  the  alleged  offenses  given  are  pretty  loose  de- 
scriptions of  the  crimes  charged  against  the  mob  victims,  where 
actual  crime  was  committed.  Of  the  whites  lynched,  nearly  46 
per  cent  were  accused  of  murder;  a little  more  than  18  per  cent 
were  accused  of  what  have  been  classified  as  miscellaneous  crimes, 
i.e.,  all  crimes  not  otherwise  classified;  17.4  per  cent  were  said 
to  have  committed  crimes  against  property;  8.7  per  cent  crimes 


10  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 

against  the  person,  other  than  rape,  “attacks  upon  women,”  and 
murder;  while  8.4  per  cent  were  accused  of  rape  and  “attacks 
upon  women.” 

Among  colored  victims,  35.8  per  cent  were  accused  of  murder; 
28.4  per  cent  of  rape  and  “attacks  upon  women”  (19  per  cent  of 
rape  and  9.4  per  cent  of  “attacks  upon  women”);  17.8  per  cent 
of  crimes  against  the  person  (other  than  those  already  mentioned) 
and  against  property;  12  per  cent  were  charged  with  miscel- 
laneous crimes  and  in  5.6  per  cent  of  cases  no  crime  at  all  was 
charged.  The  5.6  per  cent,  classified  under  “Absence  of  Crime” 
does  not  include  a number  of  cases  in  which  crime  was  alleged 
but  in  which  it  was  afterwards  shown  conclusively  that  no  crime 
had  been  committed.  Further,  it  may  fairly  be  pointed  out  that 
in  a number  of  cases  where  Negroes  have  been  lynched  for  rape 
and  “attacks  upon  white  women,”  the  alleged  attacks  rest  upon 
no  stronger  evidence  than  “entering  the  room  of  a woman”  or 
brushing  against  her.  In  such  cases  as  these  latter  the  victims 
and  their  friends  have  often  asserted  that  there  was  no  intention 
on  the  part  of  the  victim  to  attack  a white  woman  or  to  commit 
rape.  In  many  cases,  of  course,  the  evidence  points  to  bona  fide 
attacks  upon  women. 

An  examination  of  Table  No.  7 shows  that  the  decreases  in 
succeeding  five  years’  periods  in  the  number  of  victims  charged 
with  rape  and  “attacks  upon  women”  have  been  more  pro- 
nounced than  for  any  other  alleged  cause.  The  percentage  of 
Negroes  lynched  for  alleged  rape  and  attacks  upon  white  women 
(compared  with  the  total  number  of  Negroes  lynched  for  all 
causes)  in  the  several  five  years’  periods  is  shown  in  the  follow- 
ing summary: 


1889- 

1894- 

1899- 

1904- 

1909- 

1914- 

1893 

1898 

1903 

1908 

1913 

1918 

31.8 

30.7 

28.1 

27 

28 

19.8 

It  is  apparent  that  lynchings  of  Negroes  for  other  causes  than 
the  so-called  “one  crime”  have  for  the  whole  period  been  a large 
majority  of  all  lynchings  and  that  for  the  past  five  years,  less 
than  one  in  five  of  the  colored  victims  have  been  accused  of  rape 
or  “attacks  upon  women”  (rape,  11  per  cent;  attacks  upon 
women,  8.8  per  cent;  total,  19.8  per  cent). 


THE  STORY  OF  ONE  HUNDRED  LYNCHINGS* 


To  give  concreteness  and  to  make  vivid  the  facts  of  lynching  in 
the  United  States,  we  give  below  in  chronological  order  an  account 
of  one  hundred  lynchings  which  have  occurred  in  the  period  from 
1894  to  1918.  These  “stories,”  as  they  are  technically  described 
in  newspaper  parlance,  have  been  taken  from  press  accounts  and, 
in  a few  cases,  from  the  reports  of  investigations  made  by  the 
National  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Colored  People. 
Covering  twenty-five  years  of  American  history,  these  accounts 
serve  to  present  a characteristic  picture  of  the  lynching  sport,  as 
it  was  picturesquely  defined  by  Henry  Watterson. 

The  last  of  the  “stories”  describes  one  of  the  rare  events  in  con- 
nection with  lynchings,  that  of  the  conviction  of  members  of  a 
mob  involved  in  such  affairs.  In  this  case  no  lynching  was  con- 
summated, it  having  been  prevented  by  the  prompt  and  public- 
spirited  action  of  the  mayor  of  the  city  (Winston-Salem,  North 
Carolina),  and  members  of  the  “Home  Guard”  and  Federal 
troops  who  defended  the  jail  against  a mob. 

ALABAMA,  1894 

Three  Negroes,  Tom  Black,  Johnson  Williams  and  Tony  Johnston,  were 
lynched  at  Tuscumbia,  Alabama.  They  were  in  the  local  jail,  awaiting  trial 
on  the  charge  of  having  burnt  a bam.  A mob  of  two  hundred  masked  men 
entered  the  jail,  after  having  enticed  away  the  jailer  with  a false  message, 
took  the  keys  from  the  jailer’s  wife  and  secured  the  three  prisoners.  They 
were  carried  to  a near-by  bridge.  Here  a rope  was  placed  around  the  neck 
of  each  victim,  the  other  end  being  tied  to  the  timbers  of  the  bridge,  and 
they  were  compelled  to  jump. 

New  York  Tribune,  April  23,  1894. 

TENNESSEE,  1894 

Six  Negroes,  Daniel  Hawkins,  Robert  Haines,  Warner  Miller,  Edward 
Hale,  John  Hayes  and  Glenn  White,  were  taken  from  the  custody  of  detec- 
tive W.  S.  Richardson  and  shot  to  death  at  Millington,  Tennessee,  Septem- 
ber 1st. 

* One  hundred  persons  lynched,  not  one  hundred  occasions  on  which  lynch- 
ings occurred. 


12  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


They  were  charged  with  bam  burning  but  none  of  them  had  been  tried. 
The  prisoners,  who  were  handcuffed  together  in  a wagon,  were  ambushed 
and  shot  as  Richardson  was  driving  them  down  a ravine.  He  had  been  led 
into  the  ambush  by  being  told  that  the  bridge  he  wished  to  cross  had  been 
washed  away. 

The  Coroner’s  jury  reported  that  the  Negroes  came  to  their  death  “at  the 
hands  of  parties  unknown.” 

New  York  Tribune,  Sept.  2,  1894. 

TEXAS,  1895 

News  has  been  received  of  the  lynching  of  a Negro  in  this  part  of  Madison 
County  on  Tuesday  night.  He  was  accused  of  riding  his  horse  over  a little 
white  girl  and  inflicting  serious  injuries  on  her.  Later  developments  go  to 
show  that  the  mob  got  hold  of  the  wrong  negro.  The  guilty  one  made  his 
escape. 

Chicago  Tribune,  November  22,  1895. 


TEXAS,  1897 

Robert  Henson  Hilliard,  a Negro,  for  a murder  to  which  he  confessed  and 
for  alleged  rape,  was  burned  to  death  by  a mob  at  Tyler,  Texas.  Hilliard 
confessed  the  murder  but  stated  that  he  killed  his  victim  because  he  had  un- 
wittingly frightened  her  and  feared  that  he  would  be  killed. 

A report  of  the  crime  and  its  punishment  was  written  by  an  eye-witness 
and  printed  by  a local  publishing  house.  It  ended  as  follows: 

"Note:  Hilliard’s  power  of  endurance  was  the  most  wonderful  thing  on 
record.  His  lower  limbs  burned  off  before  he  became  unconscious  and  his 
body  looked  to  be  burned  to  the  hollow.  Was  it  decreed  by  an  avenging 
God  as  well  as  an  avenging  people  that  his  sufferings  should  be  prolonged 
beyond  the  ordinary  endurance  of  mortals? 

The  End 

“We  have  sixteen  large  views  under  powerful  magnifying  lenses  now  on 
exhibition.  These  views  are  true  to  life  and  show  the  Negro’s  attack,  the 
scuffle,  the  murder,  the  body  as  found,  etc.  With  eight  views  of  the  trial 
and  burning.  For  place  of  exhibit  see  street  bills.  Don’t  fail  to  see  this." 

Breckenridge-Scruggs  Co. 

No  indictments  were  found  against  any  of  the  mob’s  members. 


GEORGIA,  1899 

Sam  Hose,  a Negro  farm  laborer,  was  accused  of  murdering  his  employer 
in  a quarrel  over  wages.  He  escaped.  Several  days  later,  while  he  was  being 
hunted  unsuccessfully,  the  charge  was  added  that  he  raped  his  employer’s 
wife.  He  confessed  the  murder,  but  refused,  even  under  duress,  to  confess 
the  other  crime. 


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The  following  account  of  the  lynching  is  taken  from  the  New  York  Tribune 
for  April  24,  1899: 

“In  the  presence  of  nearly  2,000  people,  who  sent  aloft  yells  of  defiance 
and  shouts  of  joy,  Sam  Hose  (a  Negro  who  committed  two  of  the  basest 
acts  known  to  crime)  was  burned  at  the  stake  in  a public  road,  one  and  a 
half  miles  from  here.  Before  the  torch  was  applied  to  the  pyre,  the  Negro 
was  deprived  of  his  ears,  fingers  and  other  portions  of  his  body  with  surpris- 
ing fortitude.  Before  the  body  was  cool,  it  was  cut  to  pieces,  the  bones  were 
crushed  into  small  bits  and  even  the  tree  upon  which  the  wretch  met  his 
fate  was  torn  up  and  disposed  of  as  souvenirs. 

“The  Negro’s  heart  was  cut  in  several  pieces,  as  was  also  his  liver.  Those 
unable  to  obtain  the  ghastly  relics  directly,  paid  more  fortunate  possessors 
extravagant  sums  for  them.  Small  pieces  of  bone  went  for  25  cents  and  a 
bit  of  the  liver,  crisply  cooked,  for  10  cents." 

No  indictments  were  ever  found  against  any  of  the  lynchers. 


LOUISIANA,  1899 

A peculiarly  horrible  affair  occurred  two  days  ago  at  Lindsay,  near  Jack- 
son,  La.  Mitchell  Curry,  hearing  that  someone  was  in  his  cornfield,  took 
two  Negroes  and  went  to  drive  away  the  intruder.  There  had  been  an  at- 
tempted assault  on  a white  woman  by  a Negro,  Val  Bages,  and  by  some 
unexplained  course  of  reasoning,  Mitchell  Curry,  on  seeing  a large  Negro  in 
the  field,  became  convinced  that  the  man  was  the  criminal. 

The  fellow  took  flight,  was  followed,  and  finally  climbed  a magnolia  tree. 
The  tree  was  surrounded  and  the  Negro  ordered  to  remain  where  he  was 
while  one  of  the  pursuers  was  sent  for  rope  to  hang  him.  Presently,  however, 
the  man  deliberately  slid  down  out  of  the  tree,  and  halfway  down  he  was 
shot  to  death.  On  examination  of  the  body  the  man’s  clothing  marked  No. 
43,  was  found  to  be  that  worn  at  the  State  Insane  Asylum  in  the  neighboring 
town  of  Jackson.  On  investigation  it  was  learned  that  the  insane  occupant 
had  escaped  a few  days  before  and  the  helpless  fellow,  wandering  at  large, 
had  suffered  death  for  a crime  he  had  not  committed. 

Special  despatch  to  New  York  Tribune,  July  27,  1899. 


FLORIDA,  1901 

Will  Wright  and  Sam  Williams,  charged  with  being  implicated  in  a mur- 
der, were  lynched  without  trial  in  jail  at  Dade  City,  by  a mob  of  thirty  or 
more  men.  Sheriff  Griffin  refused  to  give  up  the  keys  and  they  broke  down 
the  outer  door.  Unable  to  break  down  the  steel  doors  of  the  cells,  they  opened 
fire  through  the  steel  bars,  shooting  both  the  Negroes  to  death. 

The  Coroner’s  jury  found  that  they  came  to  their  death  at  the  hands  of 
“parties  unknown.” 


New  York  Tribune,  February  7,  1901. 


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TENNESSEE,  1901 

Bailie  Crutchfield,  a colored  woman,  was  lynched  by  a mob  at  Rome, 
Tennessee,  because  her  brother  stole  a purse. 

The  mob  took  Crutchfield  from  the  custody  of  the  sheriff,  and  started 
with  him  for  the  place  of  execution,  when  he  broke  from  them  and  escaped. 

"This,”  says  the  despatch,  “so  enraged  the  mob,  that  they  suspected  Crutch- 
field’s sister  of  being  implicated  in  the  theft  and  last  night's  work  was  the 
culmination  of  that  suspicion.” 

The  Coroner’s  jury  found  the  usual  verdict  that  the  woman  came  to  her 
death  at  the  hands  of  parties  unknown. 

New  York  Tribune,  March  16,  1901. 


LOUISIANA,  1901 

Louis  Thomas,  at  Girard,  La.,  a Negro,  broke  into  a local  store  and  stole 
six  bottles  of  soda-pop.  He  was  later  found  by  a white  man  named  Brown, 
disposing  of  its  contents,  and  on  being  accused  of  theft,  struck  his  accuser. 
Brown  procured  a rifle  and  shot  the  Negro  twice  through  the  body,  but  as 
neither  wound  proved  fatal,  a mob  of  white  men  took  the  Negro  from  the 
house  where  he  lay  wounded  and  strung  him  up. 

New  York  Tribune,  July  16,  1901. 


GEORGIA,  1903 

Griffin,  Ga. — William  Fambro,  a Negro,  was  shot  to  death  on  the  out- 
skirts of  this  city  late  last  night  by  a mob  of  white  men,  who  fired  on  his  house. 
Fambro’s  wife,  who  was  in  the  house,  escaped  injury.  The  Negro  some  time 
ago  was  arrested  on  the  charge  of  insulting  a white  woman  and  was  tried 
and  sentenced  to  a term  in  the  county  chain  gang.  His  fine  afterwards  was 
paid  by  his  employer.  Over  a thousand  shots  were  sent  into  the  building 
before  the  mob  retired. 

Special  to  the  Chicago  Tribune,  February  24,  1903. 


DELAWARE,  1903 

George  White,  a Negro,  accused  of  rape  and  murder,  was  taken  out  of  jail 
at  Wilmington,  Del.,  dragged  to  the  scene  of  his  alleged  crime  and  forced 
to  confess.  He  was  tied  to  a stake,  burned  and  riddled  with  bullets,  even 
as  he  was  being  burned.  The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Wilmington,  which 
met  a few  days  later,  refused  to  pass  a resolution  condemning  the  lynching 
but  passed  one  against  forest  fires. 

New  York  Tribune,  June  23,  24,  1903. 


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GEORGIA,  1903 

A mob,  formed  near  Liberty  County,  pursued  through  seven  counties  a 
Negro  supposed  to  be  Ed  Claus,  who  had  assaulted  Susie  Johnson,  a young 
white  woman,  and  lynched  him,  hanging  him  and  shooting  him  full  of  holes. 
After  he  was  lynched  it  was  found  he  was  not  Claus. 

New  York  Tribune,  July  27,  1903. 


MISSISSIPPI,  1904 

Luther  Holbert,  a Doddsville  Negro,  and  his  wife  were  burned  at  the  stake 
for  the  murder  of  James  Eastland,  a white  planter,  and  John  Carr,  a Negro. 
The  planter  was  killed  in  a quarrel  which  arose  when  he  came  to  Carr’s  cabin, 
where  he  found  Holbert,  and  ordered  him  to  leave  the  plantation.  Carr  and 
a Negro,  named  Winters,  were  also  killed. 

Holbert  and  his  wife  fled  the  plantation  but  were  brought  back  and  burned 
at  the  stake  in  the  presence  of  a thousand  people.  Two  innocent  Negros  had 
been  shot  previous  to  this  by  a posse  looking  for  Holbert,  because  one  of 
them,  who  resembled  Holbert,  refused  to  surrender  when  ordered  to  do  so. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  story  to  indicate  that  Holbert’s  wife  had  any  part  in 
the  crime. 

New  York  Tribune,  February  8,  1904. 


ALABAMA,  1904 

For  murdering  and  robbing  a peddler,  Horace  Maples,  a Negro,  was  hung 
and  then  shot  full  of  holes  at  Huntsville,  September  7th.  The  mob  secured 
his  release  from  jail  by  building  a fire  in  the  hallway  in  the  jail,  the  jailer  sur- 
rendering the  prisoner  finally  because  there  seemed  no  other  way  of  saving 
the  other  prisoners  from  asphyxiation. 

Ray  Stannard  Baker,  “Following  the  Color  Line.” 


GEORGIA,  1904 

For  the  brutal  murder  of  a white  family  (the  Hodges  family)  at  States- 
boro’, Georgia,  two  Negroes,  Paul  Reed  and  Will  Cato,  were  burned  alive 
in  the  presence  of  a large  crowd.  They  had  been  duly  convicted  and  sen- 
tenced, when  the  mob  broke  into  the  courtroom  and  carried  them  away,  in 
spite  of  the  plea  of  a brother  of  the  murdered  man,  who  was  present  in  the 
court,  that  the  law  be  allowed  to  take  its  course.  None  of  the  lynchers  were 
ever  indicted. 

Ray  Stannard  Baker,  “Following  the  Color  Line,” 
Chicago  Tribune,  December  31,  1904. 


16  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


GEORGIA,  1904 

Because  of  the  race  prejudice  growing  out  of  the  Hodges  murder  by  Reed 
and  Cato  and  their  lynching,  Albert  Roger  and  his  son  were  lynched  at 
Statesboro’,  Ga.,  August  17,  for  being  Negroes.  A number  of  other  Negroes 
were  whipped  for  no  other  offense. 

Ray  Stannard  Baker’s  “Following  the  Color  Line,” 
Chicago  Tribune,  December  31,  1904. 


GEORGIA,  1904 

On  account  of  the  race  riots  which  grew  out  of  the  above  murder  (Hodges) 
and  lynching,  McBride,  a respectable  Negro  of  Portal,  Ga.,  was  beaten, 
kicked  and  shot  to  death  for  trying  to  defend  his  wife,  who  was  confined 
with  a baby,  three  days  old,  from  a whipping  at  the  hands  of  a crowd  of 
white  men. 

Ray  Stannard  Baker,  “Following  the  Color  Line,” 
Chicago  Tribune,  December  31,  1904. 


GEORGIA,  1905 

At  Watkinsville,  Georgia,  a masked  mob  entered  the  jail  at  2 A.M.  and 
took  out  nine  prisoners,  one  white  man  and  eight  Negroes.  Eight  were  shot 
to  death  and  one,  a Negro,  escaped  only  by  shamming  death.  The  mob 
overpowered  the  town  marshall  and  the  jailer,  carried  the  men  out  and  tied 
them  to  fence  posts  by  their  necks  and  then  fired  five  volleys  into  their  bodies. 
Only  one  of  the  prisoners  had  been  convicted.  This  was  Rich  Allen,  a Negro, 
under  sentence  of  death  for  the  murder  of  another  Negro.  All  the  others 
were  awaiting  trial,  the  various  charges  against  them  being  murder,  larceny 
and  attempted  rape.  The  mob  had  announced  its  intention  of  clearing  the 
jail,  but  one  Negro,  charged  with  gambling  on  the  misdemeanor  side  of  the 
jail,  escaped  their  notice. 

New  York  Tribune,  June  30,  1905. 


LOUISIANA,  1906 

For  the  crime  of  killing  a white  man’s  cow,  William  Carr,  a Negro,  was 
killed  at  Planqucmincs,  Louisiana.  The  lynching  was  conducted  in  a most 
orderly  manner,  Carr  being  taken  from  the  Sheriff  without  resistance  by  a 
mob  of  thirty  masked  men,  hurried  to  the  nearest  railroad  bridge  and  hanged 
without  ceremony. 

Despatch  to  New  York  Tribune,  March  18,  1900. 


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TENNESSEE,  1906 

Ed  Johnson,  a Negro,  convicted  of  rape  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged,  was 
granted  an  appeal  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  Johnson 
was  in  jail  at  Chattanooga,  Tennessee.  A mob  broke  down  the  jail  door, 
took  him  out  and  hanged  him. 

New  York  Tribune,  March  20,  1900. 


SOUTH  CAROLINA,  1906 

For  attempting  to  enter  a house  and  frightening  a child  who  was  alone  in 
it,  Willie  Spain,  a young  Negro  at  St.  George,  S.  C.,  was  taken  from  jail  and 
hung  to  a tree.  The  mob  then  shot  five  hundred  bullets  into  his  body. 

New  York  Tribune,  August  24,  1906. 


ARKANSAS,  1910 

Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  March  25. — Resenting  alleged  improper  conduct  on  the 
part  of  Judge  Jones,  a Negro,  and  a young  white  woman,  a mob  of  forty 
men  gathered  at  the  county  jail  here  tonight,  overpowered  the  jailer  and  his 
deputies,  and  hanged  the  Negro. 

Special  to  the  Chicago  Tribune,  March  26,  1910. 


KENTUCKY,  1911 
Shelbyville,  Ky.,  January  15,  1911 

(Special) 

Just  at  sunrise  this  morning  two  local  Negroes  took  the  hemp  cure  for  pro- 
pensity to  insult  white  women.  So  effective  was  it  that  the  mob  who  admin- 
istered it  decided  to  hold  one  more  clinic.  At  this  session  an  aged  Negro 
paid  the  penalty  for  beheading  a Negro  woman. 

An  unusual  feature  of  the  lynching  was  that  the  two  young  Negroes  who 
were  strung  up  for  insulting  white  girls,  both  broke  the  rope  by  which  they 
were  suspended.  Each  made  a dash  for  safety  and  was  riddled  with  bullets, 
although  one  of  the  bodies  has  not  yet  been  discovered,  and  the  suspicion 
is  that  he  crawled  to  some  underbrush  to  die.  The  mob  numbered  only 
twenty  men,  all  masked. 

Before  they  went  to  the  Shelby  County  jail,  the  lynchers  raided  a black- 
smith shop  and  obtained  sledge  hammers  and  bolt  cutters  and  other  tools. 
On  account  of  the  smallness  of  the  mob  and  the  conduct  of  its  members,  en- 
trance was  gained  to  the  jail  office  before  the  deputies  on  watch  realized  that 
a lynching  was  to  be  attempted.  The  officials  were  covered  with  a dozen  rifles 
and  ordered  to  give  up  the  keys  to  the  cells,  but  this  they  refused  to  do,  and 
the  lynchers  did  not  insist.  Instead,  they  began  battering  down  the  cell 
doors  with  the  sledges  and  the  bolt  cutters.  When  they  had  taken  Wade 
Patterson  and  Jim  West  from  their  cells,  some  one  suggested  that  they  might 


18  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


as  well  hang  old  Gene  Marshall,  a Negro  awaiting  death  sentence.  All  three 
Negroes  pleaded  for  their  lives  but  the  lynchers  paid  no  attention  to  them. 
The  lynching  was  devoid  of  the  minor  brutalities  that  frequently  mark  such 
occasions.  There  was  no  abuse  of  the  prisoners.  The  mob  was  made  of 
quiet,  determined  men  whose  mission  was  to  execute  but  not  to  torture. 
The  prisoners  were  led  in  silence  to  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  bridge  over  the 
Emminance  Pike.  . . . The  two  Negroes  were  to  have  been  arraigned  to- 
morrow. 

Special  to  the  Chicago  Tribune,  January  16,  1911. 


OKLAHOMA,  1911 

At  Okemah,  Oklahoma,  Laura  Nelson,  a colored  woman,  accused  of  mur- 
dering a deputy  sheriff  who  had  discovered  stolen  goods  in  her  house,  was 
lynched  together  with  her  son,  a boy  about  fifteen.  The  woman  and  her 
son  were  taken  from  the  jail,  dragged  about  six  miles  to  the  Canadian  River, 
and  hanged  from  a bridge.  The  woman  was  raped  by  members  of  the  mob 
before  she  was  hanged. 

The  Crisis,  July,  1911. 


FLORIDA,  1911 

At  Lake  City,  Fla.,  a Negro  named  Norris  quarreled  with  a white  man, 
apparently  over  a trivial  matter,  the  result  being  a murderous  assault  on  the 
Negro  by  the  white  man.  The  matter  came  up  before  a justice  of  the  peace 
and  the  Negro  was  exonorated. 

Later,  the  white  man  accompanied  by  several  other  white  men,  came  to 
the  Negro’s  house  and  reopened  the  quarrel.  In  the  shooting  affray  that  fol- 
lowed one  white  man  was  killed  and  another  wounded.  Norris  and  his  asso- 
ciates awaited  the  coming  of  the  sheriff  and  surrendered  to  him.  Six  of 
them  were  arrested  and  sent  to  Lake  City  for  safe-keeping.  A party  of 
lynchers  gained  admission  to  the  jail  by  means  of  a forged  telegram  and  secured 
the  Negroes  under  pretext  of  taking  them  to  Jacksonville  for  greater  pro- 
tection. They  then  took  them  to  the  outskirts  of  the  town  and  shot  them  to 
death. 

Investigation  by  the  National  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Colored  People. 


SOUTH  CAROLINA,  1911 

Will  Jackson  was  lynched  at  Honcapath,  S.  C.,  for  an  alleged  attack  on  a 
white  child.  He  was  hanged  to  a tree  by  his  feet  and  his  body  riddled  with 
bullets.  Ilis  fingers  were  cut  off  for  souvenirs.  The  mob  was  led  by  Joshua 
W.  Ashlcigh,  a local  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  his  son,  while 
Victor  II.  Chcsirc,  editor  of  a local  newspaper,  The  Intelligencer,  after  taking 
part  in  the  lynching,  got  out  a special  edition  telling  about  it  in  the  follow- 
ing words:  “The  Intelligencer  man  went  out  to  sec  the  fun  without  the  least 


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objection  to  being  a party  to  help  lynch  the  brute.”  The  then  Governor  of 
the  State,  Cole  Blease,  absolutely  refused  to  use  the  power  of  his  office  to 
bring  the  lynchers  to  justice,  and  the  Coroner’s  jury  found  that  the  Negro 
came  to  his  death  “at  the  hands  of  parties  unknown.” 

The  Crisis,  December,  1911. 

GEORGIA,  1911 

Two  colored  men,  Allen  and  Watts,  were  lynched  in  Monroe,  Georgia, 
one  for  an  alleged  attack  on  a white  woman,  the  other  for  “loitering  in  a 
suspicious  manner.”  Judge  Chas.  H.  Brand  ordered  Allen  brought  to  Mon- 
roe for  trial  although  it  was  known  that  the  citizens  had  organized  a mob 
to  lynch  him.  The  Judge  was  offered  troops  by  the  Governor  to  protect 
the  prisoner  but  refused.  Allen  was  sent  to  Monroe  in  charge  of  two  officers. 
The  train  was  stopped  and  he  was  taken  off  and  shot.  The  mob  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Monroe  where  they  stormed  the  jail,  took  out  Watts  and  hanged 
and  shot  him.  The  same  Judge  had  refused  to  ask  for  troops  on  a previous 
occasion,  saying  that  he  “would  not  imperil  the  life  of  one  man  to  save  the 
lives  of  a hundred  Negroes.” 

No  indictments  were  found  against  the  lynchers. 

The  Crisis,  August,  1911. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  1911 

For  shooting  and  killing  a constable  in  a fight,  the  details  of  which  were 
not  known,  Zach  Walker,  a Negro  of  Coatesville,  Pennsylvania,  was  taken 
from  the  hospital,  where  he  lay  wounded  as  a result  of  the  fight,  dragged 
through  the  streets  on  the  cot  to  which  he  was  chained  and  burned  alive. 

The  bedstead  was  broken  in  half,  and  the  man,  still  chained  to  the  lower 
half,  was  dragged  half  a mile  along  the  ground,  thrown  upon  a pile  of  wood, 
drenched  with  oil  and  burned  alive. 

Other  human  beings,  to  the  number  of  several  hundred,  looked  on  in 
approval.  When  Walker,  with  superhuman  strength,  burst  his  bonds  and 
tried  to  escape,  they  drove  him  back  with  pitchforks  and  fence  rails  and  held 
him  there  until  his  body  was  burnt  to  ashes.  Those  who  could  get  frag- 
ments of  his  charred  bones,  took  them  off  as  souvenirs. 

Albert  Jay  Nock  in  the  American  Magazine,  February,  1913. 

All  attempts  to  indict  members  of  the  mob  failed.  They  were  given  an 
ovation  by  their  fellow-citizens  when  they  returned  from  the  Grand  Jury. 


GEORGIA,  1911 

T.  W.  Walker,  a colored  man  of  Washington,  Ga.,  killed  C.  S.  Hollinshead, 
a wealthy  planter  of  the  same  place.  It  was  stated  that  there  was  no  apparent 
cause  for  the  crime,  but  a Northern  colored  paper  published  the  charge  that 
Walker  killed  Hollinshead  for  attacking  his  wife  and  an  Atlanta  paper  re- 


20  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


printed  it.  A crowd  of  white  men  tried  to  lynch  Walker,  who  had  been  sen- 
tenced to  death,  but  were  so  drunk  that  he  succeeded  in  escaping.  He  was 
caught  and  resentenced  to  instant  execution.  Before  he  could  be  taken 
from  the  court  room,  a brother  of  Hollinshead  shot  and  severely  wounded 
him.  He  was  then  taken  out  and  hanged,  the  court  announcing  that  the 
brother  would  not  be  prosecuted.  The  only  arrest  made  in  connection  with 
the  affair  was  that  of  the  Negro  editor  who  published  the  charge  against 
Hollinshead. 

The  Crisis,  January,  1912. 


TENNESSEE,  1911 

Ben  Pettigrew,  a successful  Negro  farmer,  and  his  two  daughters,  were  on 
their  way  to  Savannah,  Tenn.,  taking  a load  of  seed  cotton  to  a cotton  gin 
there.  They  were  ambushed  by  four  white  men  who  shot  the  father,  hanged 
the  daughters  and  then  drove  the  load  of  cotton  under  the  tree  from  which 
their  bodies  dangled  and  set  fire  to  it. 

The  case  is  remarkable,  because  two  of  the  murderers,  friendless,  ignorant 
white  boys,  were  ultimately  hanged  for  their  part  in  it. 

The  Crisis,  January,  1912. 


LOUISIANA,  1912 

At  Yellowpine,  La.,  Ernest  Allums,  a colored  boy  of  nineteen,  was  whipped 
for  insulting  women.  The  accounts  vary  as  to  the  manner  in  which  they 
were  insulted,  one  report  saying  that  he  wrote  “suggestive  letters”  and  an- 
other that  the  insults  were  sent  over  the  telephone.  He  was  ordered  to  leave 
town  but  refused  and  was  lynched. 

The  Crisis,  June,  1912. 


WEST  VIRGINIA,  1912 

In  Bluefield,  W.  Va.,  September  4,  1912,  Robert  Johnson  was  lynched  for 
attempted  rape.  When  he  was  accused  he  gave  an  alibi  and  proved  every 
statement  that  he  made.  He  was  taken  before  the  girl  who  had  been  attacked 
and  she  failed  to  identify  him.  She  had  previously  described  very  minutely 
the  clothes  her  assailant  wore.  When  she  failed  to  identify  Johnson  in  the 
clothes  he  had,  the  Bluefield  police  dressed  him  to  fit  the  description  and 
again  took  him  before  her.  This  time  she  screamed  on  seeing  him,  “That’s 
the  man.”  Her  father  had  also  failed  to  identify  him  but  now  he  declared 
himself  positive  that  he  recognized  Johnson  as  the  guilty  man.  Thereupon 
Johnson  was  dragged  out  by  a mob,  protesting  his  innocence,  and  after 
being  severely  abused,  was  hung  to  a telegraph  pole.  Later  his  innocence 
was  conclusively  established. 

“The  Lynching  of  Robert  Johnson,"  James  Oppenheim  in  The 
Independent,  October  10,  1912. 


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GEORGIA,  1912 

Anne  Bostwick,  a Negro  servant  woman  subject  to  violent  fits  of  insanity, 
who  stabbed  her  mistress  to  death  in  one  of  them,  was  lynched  at  Pine- 
hurst,  Ga.,  June  24th.  According  to  the  Coroner’s  jury  “she  came  to  her 
death  at  the  hands  of  parties  unknown.”  A special  correspondent  to  the 
Cincinnati  Inquirer,  however,  writes: 

“Great  crowds  attended  and  saw  the  shot-riddled  body  of  the  Negress  cut 
from  the  tree.  Sheriff  Bennett  has  made  no  arrests  and  none  are  expected. 
The  truth  is  that  there  is  general  rejoicing  over  the  lynching  of  the  Negress 
and  the  lynchers  are  known  to  everybody.  The  Negress  was  lynched  from 
an  auto.  The  machine  in  which  she  was  sitting  was  driven  under  a tree,  a 
rope  placed  about  her  neck  and  the  other  end  tied  to  a limb  of  the  tree.  The 
machine  was  started  at  high  speed  and  the  Negress  left  hanging.  Her  body 
was  then  shot  to  pieces.  Her  eyes  were  shot  out  and  such  a fusillade  directed 
at  her  waist  that  she  was  cut  in  two.” 

The  same  paper  says  of  the  verdict: 

“The  verdict  was  rendered  in  the  face  of  the  fact  that  the  automobiles  in 
which  the  lynching  party  pursued  the  slayer  and  the  sheriff  are  known  to 
be  owned  by  some  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Cordele,  Vienna  and 
Pinehurst.” 

The  Macon  Telegraph  said  as  to  the  woman’s  sanity: 

"While  living  here  (Fort  Valley)  the  lynched  Negress  was  tried  by  a jury 
and  found  a fit  subject  for  the  lunatic  asylum  but  owing  to  the  crowded 
condition  of  that  institution  she  could  not  be  received.  In  her  rational  mo- 
ments she  was  a good  reliable  servant,  but  became  violent  at  times.” 

The  Crisis,  August,  1912. 


GEORGIA,  1912 

At  Jackson,  Georgia,  Henry  Etheridge  was  lynched  April  26  for  being 
active  in  securing  recruits  for  a colony  to  Africa.  Race  prejudice  is  also  given 
as  the  cause. 

The  Crisis,  June,  1912. 

Chicago  Tribune,  December  31,  1912. 


TEXAS,  1912 

Dan  Davis,  a Negro,  was  burned  at  the  stake  at  Tyler,  Texas,  for  the 
crime  of  attempted  rape,  May  25,  1912. 

There  was  some  disappointment  in  the  crowd  and  criticism  of  those  who 
had  bossed  the  arrangements,  because  the  fire  was  so  slow  in  reaching  the 
Negro.  It  was  really  only  ten  minutes  after  the  fire  was  started  that  smoking 
shoe  soles  and  twitching  of  the  Negro’s  feet  indicated  that  his  lower  extremi- 
ties were  burning,  but  the  time  seemed  much  longer.  The  spectators  had 
waited  so  long  to  see  him  tortured  that  they  begrudged  the  ten  minutes  be- 
fore his  suffering  really  began. 

The  Negro  had  uttered  but  few  words.  When  he  was  led^to  where  he  was 
to  be  burned  he  said  quite  calmly,  “I  wish  some  of  you  gentlemen  would  be 


22  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


Christian  enough  to  cut  my  throat,”  but  nobody  responded.  When  the  fire 
started,  he  screamed  “Lord,  have  mercy  on  my  soul,”  and  that  was  the  last 
word  he  spoke,  though  he  was  conscious  for  fully  twenty  minutes  after  that. 
His  exhibition  of  nerve  aroused  the  admiration  even  of  his  torturers. 

A slight  hitch  in  the  proceedings  occurred  when  the  Negro  was  about  half 
burned.  His  clothing  had  been  stripped  off  and  burned  to  ashes  by  the 
flames  and  his  black  body  hung  nude  in  the  gray  dawn  light.  The  flesh  had 
been  burned  from  his  legs  as  high  as  the  knees  when  it  was  seen  that  the 
wood  supply  was  running  short.  None  of  the  men  or  boys  were  willing  to 
miss  an  incident  of  the  torture.  All  feared  something  of  more  than  usual 
interest  might  happen,  and  it  would  be  embarrassing  to  admit  later  on  not 
having  seen  it  on  account  of  being  absent  after  more  wood. 

Something  had  to  be  done,  however,  and  a few  men  from  the  edge  of  the 
crowd,  ran  after  more  dry-goods  boxes,  and  by  reason  of  this  “public  sendee” 
gained  standing  room  in  the  inner  circle  after  having  delivered  the  fuel. 
Meanwhile  the  crowd  jeered  the  dying  man  and  uttered  shocking  comments 
suggestive  of  a cannibalistic  spirit.  Some  danced  and  sang  to  testify  to  their 
enjoyment  of  the  occasion. 

Special  correspondence  of  the  St.  Louis  Post-Despatch. 

The  Crisis,  June,  September,  1912. 

MISSISSIPPI,  1914 

Sam  Petty,  a Negro,  accused  of  having  killed  a deputy  sheriff,  Chas.  W. 
(Kirkland),  was  lynched  at  Leland,  Miss. 

Petty,  wanted  on  a trivial  charge,  killed  Kirkland  with  a shot-gun  when 
the  officer  entered  a cabin  late  today,  in  which  the  Negro  had  taken  refuge. 
Petty  was  captured  by  a posse,  bound  and  placed  in  an  oil-soaked,  dry-goods 
box  and  the  match  applied.  A moment  later,  the  man,  his  clothing  aflame, 
broke  from  his  fastenings  and  started  to  run,  but  before  he  could  gain  head- 
way, was  shot  dead. 

The  body  was  put  in  the  box,  fresh  inflammables  were  piled  about  it  and 
within  half  an  hour  it  was  burnt  to  ashes. 

Associated  Press  Despatch,  February  24,  1914. 


LOUISIANA,  1914 

K.  McKnight,  T.  Lewis  and  M.  Sudcn  were  lynched  without  trial  because 
they  were  accused  of  murdering  a postmaster.  One  of  them,  an  old  man, 
bore  an  excellent  reputation  in  the  neighborhood.  There  was  no  evidence 
against  him  and  even  under  duress  he  refused  to  confess  to  the  crime.  He 
was  burnt  at  the  stake  in  the  presence  of  a large  crowd,  which  included  a 
local  theatrical  troupe. 

The  Crisis,  January,  February,  1915. 

The  conviction  is  irresistible  that  the  old  man  who  was  burned  to  death 
had  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  crime.  If  he  had  been  guilty,  the  tor- 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


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ture  to  which  he  was  subjected  would  have  forced  a confession  and  the  won- 
der is  that  he  did  not  confess,  anyhow,  in  the  agony  of  his  roasting  flesh,  as 
many  innocent  victims  have  done  in  the  vain  hope  of  escaping  torture.  In 
all  probability  the  guilty  murderers  of  the  village  postmaster  are  at  large, 
while  the  blood  of  innocents  rests  upon  the  hands  of  those  who  took  it  upon 
themselves  to  discharge  the  functions  of  the  law. 

Editorial,  Houston,  Texas,  Post. 

OKLAHOMA,  1914 

Marie  Scott  of  Wagoner  County,  a seventccn-year-old  Negro  girl,  was. 
lynched  by  a mob  of  white  men  because  her  brother  killed  one  of  two  white 
men  who  had  assaulted  her.  She  was  alone  in  the  house  when  the  men  en- 
tered, but  her  screams  brought  her  brother  to  the  rescue.  In  the  fight  that 
ensued  one  of  the  white  men  was  killed.  The  next  day  the  mob  came  to 
lynch  her  brother,  but  as  he  had  escaped,  lynched  the  girl  instead.  No  one 
has  ever  been  indicted  for  this  crime. 

The  Crisis,  June,  1914. 


GEORGIA,  1915 
The  Aftermath 

A Georgia  sheriff  was  murdered  something  over  a year  ago.  Naturally, 
there  was  intense  excitement  (in  Worth  County)  where  the  crime  was  com- 
mitted and  of  the  six  Negroes  who  were  arrested,  five  were  promptly  hanged 
by  a mob.  The  sixth  one,  Jim  Keith,  chanced  to  be  rescued  from  the  lynchers, 
much  to  their  indignation.  He  was  put  on  trial  and  convited  of  complicity 
in  the  murder,  but  not  of  actual  participation  in  it,  and  he  was  sentenced 
to  imprisonment  for  life.  Recently  some  new  facts  came  to  light  and  in  the 
second  trial  that  was  accorded  to  Keith,  because  of  their  importance,  not 
only  was  he  cleared  by  the  jury  of  having  any  hand  at  all  in  the  killing,  but 
it  was  also  proved  that  the  five  Negroes  who  were  lynched  were  equally 
guiltless. 

From  an  editorial  in  the  New  York  Times,  February  12,  1917. 


NORTH  CAROLINA,  1916 

Joseph  Black  was  hanged  at  Kingston,  N.  C.,  because  his  son  was  accused 
of  attacking  a white  child.  He  was  arrested  and  taken  out  of  the  reach  of 
mob  violence  by  the  officer,  so  the  mob  lynched  the  father  instead. 

The  Crisis,  May,  1916. 


TEXAS,  1916 

Jesse  Washington,  a defective  Negro  boy,  of  about  nineteen,  unable  to 
read  and  write,  was  employed  as  farm  hand  in  Robinson,  a small  town  near 
Waco,  Texas.  One  day,  the  wife  of  his  employer  found  fault  with  him, 


24  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


whereupon  he  struck  her  on  the  head  with  a hammer  and  killed  her.  There 
is  some,  but  not  conclusive,  evidence  that  he  raped  her.  He  was  arrested, 
tried,  found  guilty  and  sentenced  to  death  by  hanging  within  ten  days  of 
the  commission  of  the  crime.  As  the  sentence  was  pronounced,  a mob  of 
fifteen  hundred  white  men,  who  feared  the  law’s  delays,  broke  into  the  court- 
room and  seized  the  prisoner.  He  was  dragged  through  the  streets,  stabbed, 
mutilated  and  finally  burned  to  death  in  the  presence  of  a crowd  of  15,000 
men,  women  and  children.  The  Mayor  and  Chief  of  Police  of  Waco  also 
witnessed  the  lynching. 

After  death  what  was  left  of  his  body  was  dragged  through  the  streets 
and  parts  of  it  sold  as  souvenirs.  His  teeth  brought  $5  apiece  and  the  chain 
that  had  bound  him  25  cents  a link.  No  one  was  ever  indicted  for  participat- 
ing in  the  lynching. 

Investigation  by  the  National  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Colored  People. 


FLORIDA,  1916 

Boisy  Long,  a Negro  farmer  of  Newberry,  Fla.,  was  accused  by  some  white 
farmers  of  hog  stealing.  The  sheriff  came  to  arrest  Long  at  two  o’clock  in 
the  morning.  With  him  was  another  white  man,  who  was  supposed  to  be 
the  owner  of  the  hogs  in  question,  and  to  have  sworn  out  the  warrant.  What 
occurred  in  the  house  is  not  known,  but  both  the  white  men  were  shot,  the 
sheriff  dying  of  the  wound. 

Long  escaped,  so  that  when  the  Newberry  people  came  to  get  him  they 
took  his  wife,  Stella  Long,  and  a friend  of  hers,  Mrs.  Dennis,  on  the  ground 
that  they  refused  to  give  information.  It  is  said  that  they  were  tortured  to 
get  the  information. 

The  citizens  of  Newberry  and  Gainesville  continued  to  look  for  Long. 
They  did  not  find  him  but  they  met  James  Dennis,  and  shot  him.  James 
Dennis’s  brother  went  into  Newberry  to  buy  a coffin  and  they  threw  him 
in  jail.  Then  they  met  Josh  Baskin,  a neighbor  of  the  Longs  and  Dennises, 
and  a preacher.  They  hanged  him.  Then  they  went  to  the  jail,  brought 
out  the  three  Negroes  already  in  jail  and  hanged  them.  Mary  Dennis  was 
the  mother  of  two  children  and  was  pregnant.  Stella  Long  had  four  children. 

Boisy  Long  has  been  captured  and  indicted  for  shooting  the  sheriff  and 
the  other  white  man.  None  of  the  lynchers  has  been  indicted. 

Investigation  by  the  National  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Colored  People. 


SOUTH  CAROLINA,  1916 

Anthony  Crawford,  a wealthy  Negro  farmer  of  Abbeville,  S.  C.,  came  into 
town  to  sell  a load  of  cotton  and  cotton  seed.  He  got  into  a dispute  with  a 
white  storekeeper  over  the  price  of  the  cotton  seed  and  cursed  him.  He  was 
arrested  for  disorderly  conduct  and  released  on  $15  bail.  A mob,  enraged 


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at  this  miscarriage  of  justice,  pursued  him  into  a cotton  gin  and  in  self-defense, 
he  struck  the  leader  with  a hammer,  crushing  his  skull  but  not  fatally  injur- 
ing him.  The  mob  then  dragged  him  out,  beat,  kicked,  stabbed  and  par- 
tially blinded  him.  He  was  rescued  with  some  difficulty  by  the  sheriff  and 
removed  to  the  county  jail.  The  same  afternoon  the  mob  broke  into  the 
jail,  dragged  him  out  through  the  streets  to  the  fair  grounds,  hung  him  to 
a tree  and  riddled  his  body  with  bullets.  Not  one  of  the  lynchers  was  ever 
indicted. 

Roy  Nash,  Independent,  Dec.  11,  1916,  Investigation  by  the 
National  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Colored  People. 

TENNESSEE,  1917 

On  April  30,  Antoinette  Rappal,  a sixteen-year-old  white  girl,  living  on  the 
outskirts  of  Memphis,  disappeared  on  her  way  to  school.  On  May  third  her 
body  was  found  in  a river,  her  head  severed  from  it.  On  May  6 a Negro 
woodchopper,  Ell  Person,  was  arrested  on  suspicion.  Under  third  degree 
methods  he  confessed  to  the  crime  of  murder.  The  Grand  Jury  of  Shelby 
County  immediately  indicted  him  for  murder  in  the  first  degree. 

The  prisoner  was  taken  secretly  to  the  State  penitentiary  at  Nashville. 
It  was  known  that  he  would  be  brought  back  for  trial  to  Memphis.  Each 
incoming  train  was  searched,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  a lynching. 

On  May  15  the  sheriff  disappeared  from  Memphis.  He  returned  on  May 
18,  announcing  that  he  was  informed  that  several  mobs  were  between  Arling- 
ton and  Memphis.  The  men  were  reported  to  be  drinking.  “I  didn’t  want 
to  hurt  anybody  and  I didn’t  want  to  get  hurt,”  he  said,  “so  I went  South 
into  Mississippi.” 

The  press  did  nothing  to  quell  the  mob  spirit,  and  on  May  21  announced 
that  Ell  Person  would  be  brought  to  Memphis  that  night.  Thousands  of 
persons  on  foot  and  in  automobiles  went  to  the  place  that  had  been  prepared 
for  the  lynching. 

With  a knowledge  of  these  conditions,  Person  was  brought  back  from 
Nashville,  guarded  only  by  two  deputies.  Without  difficulty  he  was  taken 
from  the  train,  placed  in  an  automobile,  and  driven  to  the  spot  prepared  for 
his  death. 

The  Memphis  Press  reported  the  lynching  in  full.  We  give  a few  of  its 
statements. 

“Fifteen  thousand  of  them — men,  women,  even  little  children,  and  in 
their  midst  the  black-clothed  figure  of  Antoinette  Rappal’s  mother — cheered 
as  they  poured  the  gasoline  on  the  axe  fiend  and  struck  the  match: 

“They  fought  and  screamed  and  crowded  to  get  a glimpse  of  him,  and  the 
mob  closed  in  and  struggled  about  the  fire  as  the  flames  flared  high  and  the 
smoke  rolled  about  their  heads.  Two  of  them  hacked  off  his  ears  as  he  burned ; 
another  tried  to  cut  off  a toe  but  they  stopped  him. 

“The  Negro  lay  in  the  flames,  his  hands  crossed  on  his  chest.  If  he  spoke 
no  one  ever  heard  him  over  the  shouts  of  the  crowd.  He  died  quickly,  though 
fifteen  minutes  later  excitable  persons  still  shouted  that  he  lived  when  they 
saw  the  charred  remains  move  as  does  meat  on  a hot  frying  pan. 


26  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


“ ‘They  burned  him  too  quick!  They  burned  him  too  quick!”  was  the 
complaint  on  all  sides.” 

Investigation  of  the  burning  of  Ell  Person  at  Memphis,  by  James 
Weldon  Johnson.  Published  by  the  National  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Colored  People. 


TENNESSEE,  1918 

Jim  Mcllherron,  was  prosperous  in  a small  way.  He  was  a Negro  who 
resented  the  slights  and  insults  of  white  men.  He  went  armed  and  the  sheriff 
feared  him.  On  February  8 he  got  into  a quarrel  with  three  young  white 
men  who  insulted  him.  Threats  were  made  and  Mcllherron  fired  six  shots, 
killing  two  of  the  men. 

He  fled  to  the  home  of  a colored  clergyman  who  aided  him  to  escape,  and 
was  afterwards  shot  and  killed  by  a mob.  Mcllherron  was  captured  and 
full  arrangements  made  for  a lynching.  Men,  women  and  children  started 
into  the  town  of  Estill  Springs  from  a radius  of  fifty  miles.  A spot  was  chosen 
for  the  burning.  Mcllherron  was  chained  to  a hickory  tree  while  the  mob 
howled  about  him.  A fire  was  built  a few  feet  away  and  the  torture  began. 
Bars  of  iron  were  heated  and  the  mob  amused  itself  by  putting  them  close 
to  the  victim,  at  first  without  touching  him.  One  bar  he  grasped  and  as  it 
was  jerked  from  his  grasp  all  the  inside  of  his  hand  came  with  it.  Then  the 
real  torturing  began,  lasting  for  twenty  minutes. 

During  that  time,  while  his  flesh  was  slowly  roasting,  the  Negro  never 
lost  his  nerve.  He  cursed  those  who  tortured  him  and  almost  to  the  last 
breath  derided  the  attempts  of  the  mob  to  break  his  spirit. 

Walter  F.  White,  in  The  Crisis,  May,  1918. 


GEORGIA,  1918 

Hampton  Smith,  a white  farmer,  had  the  reputation  of  ill  treating  his 
Negro  employees.  Among  those  whom  he  abused  was  Sidney  Johnson,  a 
Negro  peon,  whose  fine  of  thirty  dollars  he  had  paid  when  he  was  up  before 
the  court  for  gaming.  After  having  been  beaten  and  abused,  the  Negro 
shot  and  killed  Smith  as  he  sat  in  his  window  at  home.  He  also  shot  and 
wounded  Smith’s  wife. 

For  this  murder  a mob  of  white  men  of  Georgia  for  a week,  May  17  to  24, 
engaged  in  a hunt  for  the  guilty  man,  and  in  the  meantime  lynched  the  fol- 
lowing innocent  persons:  Will  Head,  Will  Thompson,  Hayes  Turner,  Mary 
Turner,  his  wife,  for  loudly  proclaiming  her  husband’s  innocence,  Chime 
Riley  and  four  unidentified  Negroes.  Mary  Turner  was  pregnant  and  was 
hung  by  her  feet.  Gasoline  was  thrown  on  her  clothing  and  it  was  set  on 
fire.  Her  body  was  cut  open  and  her  infant  fell  to  the  ground  with  a little 
cry,  to  be  crushed  to  death  by  the  heel  of  one  of  the  white  men  present.  The 
mother’s  body  was  then  riddled  with  bullets.  The  murderer,  Sidney  Johnson, 
was  at  length  located  in  a house  at  Valdosta. 


CORRECTION. 

We  are  advised  by  competent  medical  authority,  since  the  publication  of  this  report  and 
before  it  was  entirely  distributed,  that  the  statement  concerning  Alma  Howze  in  the  conclud- 
ing paragraph  of  the  account  of  her  lynching  describes  a highly  improbable  occurrence,  and 
that  the  movement  spoken  of  was  probably  due  to  a purely  mechanical  process  within  the 
body  and  not  to  the  movement  of  the  unborn  infant 


The  Story  of  One  Hundred  Lynchings 


27 


The  house  was  surrounded  by  a posse  headed  by  the  Chief  of  Police  and 
Johnson,  who  was  known  to  be  armed,  fired  until  his  shot  gave  out,  wound- 
ing the  Chief.  The  house  was  entered  and  Johnson  found  dead.  His  body 
was  mutilated.  After  the  lynching  more  than  500  Negroes  left  the  vicinity 
of  Valdosta,  leaving  hundreds  of  acres  of  untillcd  land  behind  them. 

The  Lynchings  of  May,  iqi8,  in  Brooks  and  Lowndes  Counties, 
Georgia,  by  Walter  F.  White.  Published  by  the  National 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Colored  People. 


MISSISSIPPI,  1918 

On  Friday  night,  December  20,  1918,  four  Negroes,  Andrew  Clark,  age  15; 
Major  Clark,  age  20;  Maggie  Howze,  age  20;  and  Alma  Howze,  age  16,  were 
taken  from  the  little  jail  at  Shubuta  and  lynched  on  a bridge  over  the  Chick- 
asawha  River.  They  were  suspected  of  having  murdered  a Dr.  E.  L.  John- 
ston, a dentist. 

An  investigation  disclosed  the  following  facts:  That  Dr.  Johnston  was 
living  in  illicit  relations  with  Maggie  Howze  and  Alma  Howze.  That  Major 
Clark,  a youth  working  on  Johnston’s  plantation  wished  to  marry  Maggie. 
That  Dr.  Johnston  went  to  Clark  and  told  him  to  leave  his  woman  alone. 
That  this  led  to  a quarrel,  made  the  more  bitter  when  it  was  found  that 
Maggie  was  to  have  a child  by  Dr.  Johnston;  and  that  the  younger  sister 
was  also  pregnant,  said  to  be  by  Dr.  Johnston. 

Shortly  after  this  Johnston  was  mysteriously  murdered.  There  were  two 
theories  as  to  his  death;  one  that  he  was  killed  by  Clark,  the  other  that  he 
was  killed  by  a white  man  who  had  accused  him  of  seducing  a white  woman. 
It  was  generally  admitted  that  Johnston  was  a loose  character. 

Alma  Howze  was  so  near  to  motherhood  when  lynched  that  it  was  said 
by  an  eye-witness  at  her  burial  on  the  second  day  following,  that  the 
movements  of  her  unborn  child  could  be  detected. 

Investigation  by  the  National  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Colored  People. 


NORTH  CAROLINA,  1918 
Mob  Leaders  Go  To  Prison 

Realizing  that  if  a lyncher  is  permitted  to  remain  unpunished  the  decency 
of  the  community  is  greatly  endangered,  Judge  B.  F.  Long  of  the  Superior 
Court  sentenced  fifteen  white  men,  indicted  for  participation  in  a riot  in 
Winston-Salem,  Nov.  17,  to  serve  from  fourteen  months  to  six  years  in 
prison.  The  men  were  found  guilty  of  attempting  to  lynch  Russell  High,  a 
prisoner  in  the  city  jail. 

The  fifteen  men  were  a part  of  a mob  that  for  a night  and  morning  ter- 
rorized Winston-Salem,  and  in  their  efforts  to  lynch  a black  man,  innocent 
of  the  crime  of  assault  for  which  he  had  been  arrested  on  suspicion,  put  life 
and  property  in  peril  and  incidentally  killed  four  people,  one  a little  white 


28  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


girl.  The  Mayor  of  the  city  acted  with  promptitude  and  courage,  calling 
out  the  Home  Guards  and  the  fire  department  which  played  water  on  the 
mob.  Nearly  every  policeman  was  hurt.  The  Governor  rushed  troops 
from  Camp  Green  at  Charlotte.  For  many  days  cannon  guarded  the  streets. 
“We  don’t  mean  to  be  sentimental  on  this  matter,”  a prominent  business  man 
is  quoted  as  saying,  “but  we  aren’t  going  to  have  our  city’s  good  name  spoilt 
by  a lynching.” 

Condensed  from  reports  of  the  North  Carolina  press. 


APPENDIX  I 

Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched 


TABLE  NO.  1 

NUMBER  OF  WHITE  AND  COLORED  PERSONS  LYNCHED  IN 
UNITED  STATES,  1889-1918* 


Years 

Total 

White 

Colored 

18S9 

175 

80 

95 

1S90 

91 

3 

88 

1S91 

194 

67 

127 

1892 

226 

71 

155 

1893 

153 

39 

114 

1S94 

182 

54 

128 

1895 

178 

68 

110 

1S96 

125 

46 

79 

1897 

162 

38 

124 

1898 

127 

24 

103 

1899 

109 

22 

87 

1900 

101 

12 

89 

1901 

135 

27 

108 

1902 

94 

10 

84 

1903 

104 

17 

87 

1904 

86 

7 

79 

1905 

65 

5 

60 

1906 

68 

4 

64 

1907 

62 

3 

59 

1908 

100 

8 

92 

1909 

89 

14 

75 

1910 

90 

10 

80 

1911 

71 

8 

63 

1912 

64 

3 

61 

1913 

48 

1 

47 

1914 

54 

5 

49 

1915 

96 

43 

53 

1916 

58 

7 

51 

1917 

50 

2 

48 

1918 

67 

4 

63 

3,224 

702 

2,522 

♦Victims  of  the  Atlanta,  Ga.  (1906),  and  East  St.  Louis,  111.  (1917),  riots  have  been 
excluded  from  this  and  subsequent  tables. 


30 


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Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched  31 

TABLE  No.  3 

NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  LYNCHED,  BY  GEOGRAPHICAL  DIVISIONS 
AND  STATES  AND  BY  COLOR,  1889-1918* 


Section  and  Division 

Total 

No. 

White 

Per 

Cent. 

Negro 

Per 

Cent. 

UNITED  STATES 

3,224 

702 

21.8 

2,522 

78.2 

THE  NORTH  

219 

118 

54.4 

101 

45.6 

New  England 

1 

1 

100.0 

0 

0 

Maine 

1 

1 

100.0 

0 

0 

New  Hampshire 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Vermont 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Massachusetts 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Rhode  Island 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Connecticut 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Middle  Atlantic 

8 

4 

50.0 

4 

50.0 

New  York 

3 

2 

66.6 

1 

33.4 

New  Jersey 

1 

1 

100.0 

0 

0 

Pennsylvania 

4 

1 

25.0 

3 

75.0 

East  North  Central 

63 

33 

53.1 

30 

46.9 

Ohio 

12 

4 

33.4 

8 

66.6 

Indiana 

19 

10 

“ 55.0 

9 

45.0 

Illinois 

24 

12 

50.0 

12 

50.0 

Michigan 

4 

3 

75.0 

1 

25.0 

Wisconsin 

4 

4 

100.0 

0 

0 

West  North  Central 

147 

80 

54.7 

67 

45.3 

Minnesota 

4 

4 

100.0 

0 

0 

Iowa 

8 

5 

62.5 

3 

37.5 

Missouri 

81 

30 

37.0 

51 

63.0 

North  Dakota 

2 

2 

100.0 

0 

0 

South  Dakota 

13 

13 

100.0 

0 

0 

Nebraska 

17 

15 

90.0 

2 

10.0 

Kansas 

22 

11 

50.0 

11 

50.0 

THE  SOUTH  

2,834 

425 

15.0 

2,409 

85.0 

South  Atlantic 

862 

78 

9.1 

784 

90.9 

Delaware 

1 

0 

0 

1 

100.0 

Maryland 

17 

2 

11.7 

15 

88.3 

* Of  the  total  number  of  lynchings  for  the  thirty  years’  period,  6.9  per  cent  occurred  in 
the  Northern  States,  87.8  per  cent  in  the  Southern  States  and  4.8  per  cent  in  the  Western  States, 
while  15  lynchings  are  recorded  in  Alaska  and  “places  unknown”,  4 of  these  latter  having  occurred 
in  Alaska.  Individual  States  having  a percentage  of  the  total  number  of  lynchings  in  excess  of 
5 per  cent  are:  Georgia,  12.1  per  cent;  Mississippi,  11.6  per  cent;  Texas,  10.5  per  cent; 
Louisiana,  9.6  per  cent;  Alabama,  8.9  per  cent;  Arkansas,  6.9  per  cent;  Tennessee,  5.9  per 
cent;  Florida,  5.5  per  cent;  Kentucky,  5.2  per  cent. 


32  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TABLE  No.  3 — Continued 


Section  and  Division 

Total 

No. 

White 

Per 

Cent. 

Negro 

Per 

Cent. 

South  Atlantic — Cont. 

Virginia 

78 

11 

15.1 

67 

84.9 

West  Virginia 

29 

7 

24.0 

22 

76.0 

North  Carolina 

53 

12 

22.6 

41 

77.4 

South  Carolina 

120 

3 

2.5 

117 

97.5 

Georgia 

386 

26 

6.7 

360 

93.3 

Florida 

178 

17 

9.6 

161 

90.4 

District  of  Columbia 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

East  South  Central 

1,014 

134 

13.3 

880 

86.7 

Kentucky 

169 

45 

26.7 

124 

73.3 

Tennessee 

196 

34 

17.7 

162 

82.3 

Alabama 

276 

32 

11.6 

244 

88.4 

Mississippi 

373 

23 

6.1 

350 

93.9 

West  South  Central 

958 

213 

21.7 

745 

78.3 

Arkansas 

214 

32 

15.1 

182 

84.9 

Louisiana 

313 

49 

15.8 

264 

84.3 

Oklahoma 

96 

60 

62.8 

36 

37.2 

Texas 

335 

72 

21.9 

263 

78.1 

THE  WEST 

156 

144 

92.3 

12 

7.7 

Mountain 

110 

101 

91.8 

9 

8.2 

Montana 

22 

22 

100.0 

0 

0 

Idaho 

11 

11 

100.0 

0 

0 

Wyoming 

34 

29 

85.3 

5 

14.7 

Colorado 

18 

16 

88.8 

2 

12.2 

New  Mexico 

13 

11 

84.6 

2 

15.4 

Arizona 

8 

8 

100.0 

0 

0 

Utah 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Nevada 

4 

4 

100.0 

0 

0 

Pacific 

46 

43 

93.5 

3 

6.5 

Washington 

16 

16 

100.0 

0 

0 

Oregon 

4 

3 

75.0 

1 

25.0 

California 

26 

24 

92.3 

2 

7.7 

ALASKA  and  UNKNOWN 

15 

15 

100.0 

0 

0 

Alaska 

4 

4 

100.0 

0 

0 

Places  Unknown 

11 

11 

100.0 

0 

0 

Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched 


33 


TABLE  NO.  4 

WOMEN  AND  GIRLS  LYNCHED,  BY  STATES,  1889-1918* 


Total 

White 

Colored 

UNITED  STATES 

61 

11 

50 

Alabama 

7 

Arkansas 

5 

Florida 

2 

Georgia 

5 

Kentucky 

1 

3 

Louisiana 

1 

4 

Mississippi 

1 

11 

Nebraska 

1 

North  Carolina 

1 

Oklahoma 

2 

South  Carolina 

4 

Tennessee 

2 

1 

Texas 

3 

6 

Virginia 

1 

* The  percentage  of  women  lynched  to  the  total  number,  is  1.5. 


34  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 

TABLE  No.  5 


NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  LYNCHED,  BY  STATES  AND  BY  FIVE 
YEAR  PERIODS,  1889-1918 


Section  and  Division 

Total 

1889- 

1893 

1894- 

1898 

1899- 

1903 

1904- 

1908 

1909- 

1913 

1914- 

1918 

UNITED  STATES 

3,224 

839 

774 

543 

381 

362 

325 

THE  NORTH 

219 

66 

73 

44 

9 

15 

12 

New  England 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

Maine 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

New  Hampshire... 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Vermont 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Massachusetts 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Rhode  Island 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Connecticut 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Middle  Atlantic 

8 

2 

2 

2 

0 

1 

1 

New  York 

3 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

New  Jersey 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

Pennsylvania 

4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

East  North  Central.. 

63 

20 

20 

12 

3 

5 

3 

Ohio 

12 

4 

5 

0 

1 

2 

0 

Indiana 

19 

7 

7 

5 

0 

0 

0 

Illinois 

24 

4 

7 

5 

2 

3 

3 

Michigan 

4 

3 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

Wisconsin 

4 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

West  North  Central. 

147 

44 

51 

30 

5 

9 

8 

Minnesota 

4 

2 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Iowa 

8 

3 

3 

1 

1 

0 

0 

Missouri 

81 

18 

26 

20 

4 

6 

7 

North  Dakota 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

South  Dakota 

13 

4 

8 

1 

0 

0 

0 

Nebraska 

17 

9 

7 

0 

0 

1 

0 

Kansas 

22 

8 

5 

8 

0 

0 

1 

THE  SOUTH 

2,834 

690 

661 

474 

362 

343 

304 

South  Atlantic 

862 

180 

182 

164 

103 

132 

101 

Delaware 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

Maryland 

17 

3 

7 

1 

4 

2 

0 

Virginia 

78 

35 

16 

14 

6 

3 

4 

West  Virginia 

29 

11 

4 

9 

0 

4 

1 

Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched  35 


TABLE  No.  5 — Continued 


Section  and  Division 

Total 

1889- 

1893 

1894- 

1898 

1899- 

1903 

1904- 

1908 

1909- 

1913 

1914- 

1918 

South  Alantic — Cont. 

North  Carolina 

53 

16 

8 

10 

8 

3 

8 

South  Carolina 

120 

28 

36 

19 

15 

14 

8 

Georgia 

386 

61 

69 

73 

55 

67 

61 

Florida 

178 

26 

42 

37 

15 

39 

19 

District  of  Columbia . 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

East  South  Central.. 

1,014 

276 

247 

173 

142 

94 

82 

Kentucky 

169 

41 

52 

20 

19 

13 

24 

Tennessee 

196 

60 

55 

32 

18 

20 

11 

Alabama 

276 

84 

79 

36 

29 

29 

19 

Mississippi 

373 

91 

61 

85 

76 

32 

28 

West  South  Central. 

958 

234 

232 

138 

116 

117 

121 

Arkansas 

214 

64 

47 

34 

32 

21 

16 

Louisiana 

313 

83 

73 

61 

32 

31 

33 

Oklahoma 

96 

16 

40 

4 

5 

19 

12 

Texas 

335 

71 

72 

39 

47 

46 

60 

THE  WEST 

156 

76 

34 

24 

9 

4 

9 

Mountain 

110 

58 

19 

16 

6 

4 

7 

Montana 

22 

12 

1 

6 

0 

2 

1 

Idaho 

11 

9 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

Wyoming 

34 

24 

2 

4 

1 

1 

2 

Colorado 

18 

1 

12 

4 

1 

0 

0 

New  Mexico 

13 

9 

1 

0 

2 

0 

1 

Arizona 

-. 

3 

1 

1 

0 

0 

3 

Utah 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Nevada 

4 

0 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

Pacific 

46 

18 

15 

8 

3 

0 

2 

Washington 

16 

8 

7 

1 

0 

0 

0 

Oregon 

4 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

1 

California 

26 

9 

7 

6 

3 

0 

1 

ALASKA  and 

UNKNOWN 

15 

7 

6 

1 

1 

0 

0 

Alaska 

4 

0 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Places  Unknown .... 

11 

7 

2 

1 

1 

0 

0 

36  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TABLE  NO.  6 

NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  LYNCHED,  BY  OFFENSES  CHARGED 
AND  BY  COLOR,  1889-1918* 


Mur- 

der 

Rape 

Attacks 

upon 

Women 

* 

Other 

Crimes 

Against 

the 

Person 

Crimes 

Against 

Prop- 

erty 

Miscel- 

laneous 

Crimes 

Absence 

of 

Crime 

t 

Total 

Total 

1,219 

523 

250 

315 

331 

438 

148 

3,224 

White 

Per  cent,  of 
total  whites 

319 

46 

13 

62 

121 

135 

6 

702 

lynched. . . . 

45.7 

6.6 

1.8 

8.7 

17.4 

18.1 

1.4 

100.0 

Negro 

Per  cent,  of 
total  Negroes 

900 

477 

237 

253 

210 

303 

142 

2,522 

lynched .... 

35.8 

19.0 

9.4 

9.5 

8.3 

12.0 

5.6 

100.0 

* This  classification  includes  all  cases  in  which  press  accounts  state  that  attacks  upon  women 
were  made,  but  in  which  it  was  not  clear  whether  rape  was  alleged  to  have  been  consummated  or 
attempted. 

t Under  this  heading  arc  listed  such  causes  as  “testifying  against  whites,”  “suing  whites,” 
“wrong  man  lynched,”  “race  prejudice,”  “defending  himself  against  attack,”  etc. 


Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched 


37 


TABLE  NO.  7 


NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  LYNCHED,  BY  OFFENSES  CHARGED 
AND  BY  FIVE  YEARS’  PERIODS,  1889-1918 


18S9- 

1893 

1S94- 

1898 

1S99- 

1903 

1904- 

190S 

1909- 

1913 

1914- 

1918 

Total 

( Total 

288 

286 

198 

145 

180 

122 

1,219 

Murder 

• White.  . . 

104 

93 

55 

14 

16 

37 

319 

k Negro. . . 

184 

193 

143 

131 

164 

85 

900 

( Total 

167 

128 

75 

69 

55 

29 

523 

Rape 

► White.  . . 

16 

15 

6 

4 

4 

1 

46 

Negro. . . 

151 

113 

69 

65 

51 

2S 

477 

Attacks  Upon 

Total 

37 

57 

61 

33 

39 

23 

250 

Women 

- White.  . . 

4 

3 

2 

2 

1 

1 

13 

Negro. . . 

33 

54 

59 

31 

38 

22 

237 

Other  Crimes 

Total 

43 

56 

78 

56 

23 

59 

315 

Against  the 

White.  . . 

16 

27 

7 

2 

6 

4 

62 

Person 

Negro. . . 

27 

29 

71 

54 

17 

55 

253 

Crimes 

Total 

108 

123 

46 

19 

16 

19 

331 

Against 

White.  . . 

66 

34 

10 

1 

2 

8 

121 

Property 

Negro. . . 

42 

89 

36 

18 

14 

11 

210 

Miscellaneous 

Total 

162 

84 

50 

36 

40 

66 

438 

Crimes 

White.  . . 

51 

57 

6 

4 

7 

10 

135 

Negro. . . 

111 

27 

44 

32 

33 

56 

303 

Absence 

Total 

34 

40 

35 

23 

9 

7 

148 

of 

White. . . 

3 

1 

2 

0 

0 

0 

6 

Crime* 

Negro. . . 

31 

39 

33 

23 

9 

7 

142 

* See  foot-note,  Table  No.  6. 


38 


Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TABLE  No.  8 

PERCENTAGE  OF  DECREASE  DURING  EACH  FIVE  YEARS’ 
PERIOD,  1889-1918. 

1889-1893=100  PER  CENT. 


Years 

Total 

Number 

Per  Cent. 
Decrease 

WHITE 

NEGRO 

Total 

Number 

Per  Cent. 
Decrease 

Total 

Number 

Per  Cent. 
Decrease 

1889-1893 

839 

0 

260 

0 

579 

0 

1894-1898 

774 

7.8 

230 

14.1 

544 

4.7 

1899-1903 

543 

35.2 

88 

67.1 

455 

20.3 

1904-1908 

381 

54.6 

27 

89.5 

354 

38.0 

1909-1913 

362 

57.2 

36 

85.8 

326 

43.6 

1914-1918 

325 

61.3 

61 

77.6 

264 

54.4 

39 


Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched 


PKRSONS 

LYNCHED. 

1889-1918 


Negro 

2,522 


PERSONS  LYNCHED.  1889  1918 

BY  GEOGRAPHICAL  DIVISION 


The 

South 

2.834 


PERSONS  LYNCHED  BY  FIVE-YEAR  PERIODS 


1889  1894  1899 

1893  1898  1903 

l~)  B~1  Jbi 

579  260  544  230  455  88 


1904- 

1908 


354  27 


1909- 

1913 


326  36 


□ ■ 

White  Negro 


1914 

1918 


264  61 


ALLEGED  CAUSES  (NEGRO  VICTIMS) 


40  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


foot-note  *,  Table  No.  6,  Ap- 


Analyses  of  Number  of  Persons  Lynched 

PERSONS  LYNCHED,  1889-1918 
BY  STATES.* 


41 


So 


/So  2 oo 


Georgia. . . 
Mississippi. . 
Texas. 
Louisiana . . . 
Alabama. . 


2So  S/to  3 So  o 


386  (26)- 
373  (23)- 
335  (72)- 
313  (49)- 
276  (32)- 


Arkansas 214  (32) 

Tennessee.  196  (34) 

Florida 178  (17) 

Kentucky.  169  (45) 
So.  Carolina. . 120  (3) 

Oklahoma 96  (60) 

Missouri 81  (30) 

Virginia 78  (11) 

No.  Carolina  53  (12) 
Wyoming  ...  34  (29) 
West  Virginia  29  (7) 
California. ...  26  (24). 

Illinois 24  (12) 

Kansas 22  (11)- 

Montana 22  (22) 

Indiana 19  (10). 

Colorado 18  (16)- 

Maryland 17  (2)- 

Nebraska. . . . 
Washington . . 

New  Mexico. 

South  Dakota 

Ohio 

Idaho 

Places  Un- 
known  11  (11) 


17(15) 
16  (16). 
13  (11). 
13  (13)- 
12  (4)- 
11  (11)- 


Arizona 

8 

(8)- 

Iowa 

8 

(5)  — 

Alaska 

4 

(4X- 

Michigan .... 

4 

(3)- 

Minnesota. . . 

4 

(4)- 

Nevada 

4 

(4)- 

Oregon 

4 

(3)- 

Pennsylvania. 

4 

(1)  — 

Wisconsin 

4 

(4)^- 

New  York. . . 

3 

(2)- 

No.  Dakota. . 

2 

(2)- 

Delaware. . . . 

1 

Maine 

1 

(U- 

New  Jersey. . 

1 

(D- 

‘Numbers  not  in  parentheses  are  totals 
(both  races).  Numbers  in  parentheses 
are  white  persons. 


APPENDIX  II 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched  in  United 
States,  1889  to  1918,  inclusive, 
arranged  by  States* 

Negroes  are  listed  in  bold  faced  type. 

Whites  are  listed  in  light  faced  type. 


ALABAMA 


Jan.  15. 
May  22. 
Sept.  2. 

■ 27. 

Oct.  4. 
Dee.  27. 


Mar.  22. 

“ 31. 

Apr.  2. 
July  13. 

* 25. 

Aug.  12. 


Apr.  2. 

■ 15. 

* 25. 

July  6. 

* 6. 
“ 26. 

Aug.  1. 
“ 1. 

■ 1. 
“ 1. 
* 21. 

Sept.  3. 

“ 29. 

Oct.  1. 

■ 15. 
Dec.  22. 

* 26. 
“ 26. 
* 27. 

■ 27. 


Jan.  18.. 
Feb.  13.. 

‘ 14... 

Mar.  10. 
Apr.  1. 

“ 19.. 

* 19.. 

* 19 

“ 19 

May  8.. 
“ 16.. 
“ 16. 

“ 16... 
June  23... 


1889 

MEADOWS,  GEORGE Pratt  Mines,  Jefferson  Co._ Rape 

DICKSON,  NOAH Walnut  Grove,  Etowah  Co._ Rape 

..TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES  (2)Montevallo,  Shelby  Co Murder 

. STEELE,  JOHN— Birmingham,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

..STARK Locality  undetermined -Supposed  murder 

..WILSON,  BUD._ Tuscaloosa,  Tuscaloosa  Co. Attempted  rape 

1890 

..MOSELEY,  ROBERT Huntsville,  Madison  Co Rape 

..GRIFFIN.  FRANK.... Stanton,  Chilton  Co Rape 


JONES,  JOHN  . 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

COOK,  ISAAC 

...Riverton,  Colbert  Co.._ Miscegenation 

...Montcomerv.  Monteomerv  Co... Deanerado 

1891 

GROHAN,  ZACHIOLI 

ELLIOTT,  ROXIE  (woman) 

RANDALL 

...Centerville,  Bibb  Co. 
...Winfield,  Marion  Co 

BROWN,  ROBERT 

..Locality  undetermined.  

murder 

BROWN  CALVIN 

...Locality  undetermined—  

UNDERWOOD,  JESSE  

...Tuscumbia,  Colbert  Co 

WILLIAMS,  ELLA 

..WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM 

...Henry  Co 

LOWE,  WILLIS 

LOWE.  ELIZA 

PORTER,  RAY.. 

SIMS,  JAMES 

...Choctaw  Co._  

TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES. 

BROWN,  JOHN..  

.Testifying  against 
whites 

WRIGHT,  SAM  

...Helena,  Shelby  Co 

MILLER,  JESSE 

SIMS,  ROBER  T.  

FO  UR  SAVAGE  BROTHERS. 

..SIMS,  JOHN.  __  

Choctaw  Co 

Outlaw 

SIMS,  MOSEL  Y 

1892 

HINTON,  HENRY 

TWO  NEGROES 

WEBB,  WILEY  . 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO.  .. 

MULLENS,  JOHN 

WILLIAMS,  JERRY 

DAVIS,  GEORGE. 

WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM. 

ROBERTS,  ALBERT  _ 

HOES,  GEORGE 

...Butler,  Choctaw  Co 

ROWDER,  BERRY.. 

...Childersburg,  Talladega  Co... 

Robbery 

ROWDER,  JAMES  . ... 

Childersburg,  Talladega  Co._ 

CANTOR  WILLIAM 

..C  H A M B L E RSU  CHRIS 
TOP  HER 

...Red  Creek  Bay,  Locality  Un- 

determined- 

...Attempted  murder 

*On  page  104,  for  convenience,  we  print  separately  the  list  of  persons  lynched  for  1918, 
as  the  list  for  the  preceding  years  had  been  set  up  before  the  1918  list  had  been  authen- 
ticated. 


44  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


ALABAMA — Continued 

July  5 UNKNOWN  NEGRO Jasper,  Walker  Co Attempted  rape 


Oct.  13  JONES,  BURRELL 

Murder 

“ 13  JONES,  MOSES.  

Monroeville,  Monroe  Co.  

Murder 

13  TWO  NEGROES.. 

Monroeville,  Monroe  Co 

Murder 

* 30  ...PARKER,  ALLEN.  

Dec.  30  HOPP,  JAMES 

New  Monroesville,  Monroe  Co. 

Greenville,  Butler  Co 

Incendiarism 

Murder 

“ SO  KF.T.T.Y,  C H ART.ES. 

Greenville,  Butler  Co. 

1893 

Jan.  19  WILLIAMS,  JAMES 

Rape 

Eufala,  Barbour  Co 

Murder 

June  24  JED  WARDS,  DAN 

Selma,  Dallas  Co 

Rape 

“ 27  MURPHY,  ERNEST 

Rape 

July  17  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Murder 

Aug.  13  . CHAMBERS,  KURT 

..Coffeyvillp,  Clarke  Co 

Desperado 

* 13  JAMES,  T,EE. 

Sept.  6 UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Rape 

* 15  HULL,  PAUL 

Arson 

“ 15.  ARCHER  PAUL.- 

Carrolton,  Pickens  Co._ 

Arson 

“ 15  FAIR,  EMMA 

Arson 

Dec.  8...  MINTY,  BENJAMIN..  

Berlin,  Dallas  Co. 

....Alleged  murder 

“ 8..  GIOHEN,  JOSEPH 

....Alleged  murder 

“ 8 WILKINS,  ROBERT 

..  ..Alleged  murder 

“ 10.  TWO  NEGROES 

~ ..Murder 

“ 12  FOUR  NEGROES 

“ 28....SEGARS,  MACK.  _ _ 

Unknown  offense 

1894 

Feb.  17....HE  NDR1C  KS 

Stanton,  Chilton  Co 

Murder 

“ 17 ....GEORGE,  W.  

Murder 

“ 17  . J5EDDO  N,  A 

Murder 

“ 26....DO  UGLAS,  T 

Mar.  29...  JACKSON,  OLIVER 

Murder 

Apr.  2.. ..ENGLISH,  HOLLAND..  

Murder 

* 5.  TWO  NEGROES 

. ..Alleged  murder 

“ 14  LEWIS,  WILLIAM.  _ 

“ 22...  BLACK,  THOMAS 

Barn  burning 

“ 22  WILLIAMS,  JOHN  

Tuscumbia,  Colbert  Co 

Barn  burning 

“ 22...  JOHNSON,  TONY 

Barn  burning 

July  19.  BROWNLEE,  JOHN 

Political  cause 

Nov.  14. ...MOSELEY,  ROBERT. 

Rape 

Dec.  11....BRO NSO  N,  GEORGE 

Clarke  Co.  

Murder 

* 11  ....SMITH,  CHARLES 

Murder 

« U....BROWN,  LEE. 

Murder 

1895 

Mar.  19..  .DAWSON,  DANIEL 

Alleged  arson 

* 19  HOLMAN,  ROBERT 

“ 19....HOLMAN;  JOSEPH 

Alleged  arson 

Apr.  15  DUNEGAN,  MANUEL ... 

Apr.  21  COLLEY,  ZEB 

evidence 
. ..Alleged  murder 

“ 21  RATTLER,  JOHN 

...  Alleged  murder 

“ 21.  DEANE,  MARY 

...Alleged  murder 

“ 21. ...GREEN,  MARTHA 

Greenville,  Butler  Co.- 

....Alleged  murder 

“ 21...  GREEN,  ALICE 

...  Alleged  murder 

May  5 H AMES,  ANDY 

Murder 

“ ' 19  SHIVERS,  JERIDO. 

Rape 

“ 31.  FREEMAN,' JAMES 

June  5..  POWELL,  JAMES  ..  

..Attempted  rape 
.Protecting  negro 

“ 13.  ALEXANDER,  J.  M 

“ 26  BROWNE,  THOMAS  _ . _ . 

Oct.  5 McGRADY,  TOBE 

“ 22. ...HENDERSON,  JOHN 

Vinegar  Bend,  Washington  Co.... 

Rape 

....Attempted  rape 

1896 

Feb.  10 ...  LEEDS,  JAMES 

Seddon.  Saint  Clair  Co -Attempted  assault 

* 17  WILSON,  ROBERT 

Murder 

Apr.  12.  ADAMS.  REDDRICK 

Seale.  Russell  Co 

Murder 

May  9....WI  LLI  AMS,  EDEN Manitua,  Green  Co Incest 

June  20....ORR,  LEON Locality  undetermined Rape 

“ 21  WESTMORELAND,  WILLIAM  Montgomery, Montgomery  Co.._ Murder 

Aug.  1 MORELEY,  ISADORE Near  Selma,  Dallas  Co Attempted  murder 

“ 1 HUNTER,  WILLIAM Near  Selma,  Dallas  Co Attempted  murder 

Sept.  27....PITCH,  JOHN Locality  undetermined Attempted  rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


45 


ALABAMA — Continued 


Oet.  10  ANDERSON,  JAMES 

Oct.  10  . CYAT,  HENRY 

“ 12.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

* 14.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 21  . ..HOLLI NSHEAD 

Dec.  7.  . WARDLEY,  WILLIAM  ... 
“ 22....JAMES,  JOSEPH 


Jan.  31  ..  JACKSON,  JAMES. 

Mar.  18  BEARD,  ANDY 

“ 20  SMITH,  JOHN  

“ 26  ..MARRITT.  JOHN 

May  12  WHITE,  MOLLY 

“ 12  FRANKS,  AMANDA 

“ 13  NANCE,  JAMES 

June  1 HAYDEN,  JOHN 

July  9 . THOMAS,  JAMES 

July  16. ..TERRILL 

“ 20.  DANIEL,  JAMES 

“ 21  SPEAKS,  JAMES 

Aug.  30...  PHARR,  JACK 

Sept.  2 UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
Nov.  29  ABRAMS,  HENRY. 

Dec.  16...  BONNER,  LOUIS  

* 16.. ..BONNER,  JOHN 

“ 17. ...BEARD,  BUD 


Feb.  20....KELLOG,  JOHN 

Mar.  21.. ..CALLOWAY,  JOHN 

June  17...  JACKSON,  SOLOMON  _. 

“ 17.. ..SPIER,  LOUIS. 

‘ 17. ...THOMPSON,  JESSE. 

“ 17.. ..REESE,  CAMP 

* 17. ..JACKSON,  WILLIAM 

July  12  JOHNSON,  SIDNEY 
Sept.  13  [..  ANDERSON,  ALBERT ...... 

Oct.  2. ..ANDERSON,  JOHN 

Oct.  23  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 


Jan.  5... McGREGOR,  MARSAL  

June  7 ....HILL,  WILLIAM 

Aug.  17....HUNT,  CHARLES 

“ 21  ...LONIN,  PETER..... 

“ 21....SO  A'  OF  PETER  LONIN. 

Nov.  2....SLOSS,  ALBERT... 


...Taylor  Ferry,  Houston  or 

Madison . Alleged  murder 

Locality  undetermined- Alleged  murder 

. . Locality  undetermined Murder 

..Toad  vine Murder 

..Washington  Co Turning  State’s 

evidence 

..Irondalc,  Jefferson  Co Passing  counterfeit 

money 

...Woodstock,  Bibb  Co Rape 


1897 

.Bibb  Co 

Kennedy,  Lamar  Co 

.Scottsboro,  Jackson  Co 

.Pickens  Co 

Jefferson,  Marengo  Co 

Jefferson,  Marengo  Co 

Jefferson,  Marengo  Co 

.Lamar  Co 

.Blossburg,  Jefferson  Co. 

.Elba,  Coffee  Co 

.Goose  Co 

.Riverton,  Colbert  Co 

.Claiborne,  Monroe  Co 

Excel,  Monroe  Co 

.Near  Montgomery,  Mont- 

mery  Co 

Kennedy,  Lamar  Co 

.Kennedy,  Lamar  Co 

.Carrolton,  Pickens  Co 


Murder 

Elopement  with 

white  girl 

Rape 

Assault 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Mistaken  for 

another 

Refusing  to  give 

evidence 

Murder 

Attempted  rape 

Rape 

Robbery 

.Murderous  assault 

Murder 

For  giving  evidence, 
by  white  caps 
For  giving  evidence, 
by  w hite  caps 
Rape 


1898 

.Blanche,  Cherokee  Co Attempted  rape 

.Calhoun  Co Paying  attention 

to  W'hite  girl 

.Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

.Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

.Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

.Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

.Coaling,  Tuscaloosa  Co Rape 

Locality  undetermined Murder 

.Lafayette,  Chambers  Co Murder 

.Lafayette,  Chambers  Co Murder 


1899 

.Banks,  Pike  Co Suspected  arson 

..Bibb  Co Accomplice  in 

murder 

.Brantley,  Crenshaw Attempted  rape 

.Electric,  Elmore  Co. Murder 

.Electric,  Elmore  Co Murder 

.Near  Courtland,  Lawrence  Co Attempted  rape 


1900 

Mar.  18.  ..HUMPHRIES,  CHARLES Lee  County— Attempted  rape 

May  7.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO  Geneva,  Geneva  Co Rape 

Oct.  2....TOWNSEND,  WINFIELD Eclectic,  Elmore  Co._ Attempted  rape 

“ 30.  ABERNATHY Duke,  Calhoun  Co .Assault 


1901 

Jan.  3....McADAMS,  LOUIS WilsonviUe,  Shelby  Co Murderous  assault 

Mar.  6.. ..DAVIS,  BUD Moulton,  Lawrence  Co Unknown  offense 

May  6.. ..MAYES,  ED Selma,  Dallas  Co Sheltering  a 

murderer 

“ 6 . ..MAYES,  “DIC”- Selma,  Dallas  Co Sheltering  a 

murderer 

“ 6...  DAWSON,  ROBERT ..  .Selma,  Dallas  Co._ Sheltering  a 

murderer 


46  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


ALABAMA — Continued 

May  11.... WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM... South  Side Theft 

“ 11....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Leeds,  Jefferson  Co Mistaken  identity 

“ 30.... REEVES,  FRANK Butler  Co Attempted  rape 

June  16.. ..HARRIS,  GEORGE... Limestone  Co Arson 

July  15. ...HERMAN,  ALEXANDER Courtland,  Lawrence  Co Murder 

Aug.  2.. ..BENTLEY,  CHARLES Leeds,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

Aug.  7.. ..PENNINGTON,  JOHN Enterprise,  Coffee  Co Rape 

Sept.  3....FOURNAY,  WILLIAM.. Chestnut,  Monroe  Co Rape 

Dec.  6....THREE  UNKNOWN  NEGROES.Opp.  Covington  Co Race  prejudice 

1902 

Mar.  24....ZIEGLER,  WM. Locality  undetermined Criminal  assault 

Apr.  6...  REYNOLDS,  WILLIAM Tuscumbia,  Colbert  Co Murder 

June  25....CAMPBELL,  WILLY Locality  undetermined Attempted  murder 

Nov.  3...  HARRIS,  SAMUEL Salem,  Lee  Co Murder 

Dec.  20... .BISHOP,  SCOTT Marbury,  Autauga  Co Murder 

1903 

June  24....DIGGS,  ANDREW Scottsboro,  Jackson  Co Attempted  rape 

Nov.  15....YOUNG,  CHARLES Locality  undetermined Attempted  rape 

“ 30...  DAVIS,  PHILLIP Locality  undetermined Murder 

“ 30....CARTER,  WALTER Locality  undetermined Murder 

“ 30....THOMAS,  CLINTON. Locality  undetermined Murder 

1904 

Apr.  16.... SIMS,  RUBEN.. Little  River,  Baldwin  Co... Murder 

May  1.  .HALL,  CAINES Kingston,  Coffee  Co Rape 

June  22....POPE,  EPHREIM..— Lamison,  Wilcox  Co Rape 

July  I.... JONES,  JON.._ Altoona,  Etowah  Co.,  Ala Rape 

Aug.  7. ...BELL,  ED Near  Selma,  Dallas  Co Murder 

Sept.  7....MAPLES,  HORACE Huntsville,  Madison  Co Murder 


1905 

Mar.  14 PLOWLY,  EDW. Pine  Apple,  Wilcox  Co— 

“ 14....PLOWLY,  WM Pine  Apple,  Wilcox  Co 

Aug.  23...XATT,  OLIVER Tunnel  Springs,  Monroe  Co 


..Murder 

.Murder 

..Murder 


1906 

Feb.  11. ...RICHARDSON,  BUNKIE Gadsden,  Etowah  Co Rape  and  murder 

“ 20....PEDIGRIE,  Andalusia,  Covington  Co— Rape 

Apr.  29.. ..BROWN,  WM Rienzi Murder 

Oct.  6.. ..ROBINSON,  RICHARD- Prichard  Sta.,  Mobile  Co— Rape 

“ 6 . ..PETERS,  HENRY Prichard,  Mobile  Co Rape 

“ 20....DOVE,  DANIEL Locality  undetermined Attempted  rapo 

1907 

Jan.  4....UNKNOWN- Midway,  Bullock  Co Attempted  rape 

Mar.  24. ...HARDING,  CLEVELAND Florence,  Laudordale  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 26....UNKNOWN. Hartford,  Geneva  Co Rape 

Apr.  29....CALHOUN,  EBEN Pittsview,  Russell  Co Murderous  assault 

Aug.  27....LIPSEY,  JNO Pickensville,  Pickens  Co Rapo 

Sept.  3.... JOHNSON,  JERRY N.  Birmingham,  Jefferson  Co Rape 

“ 22....DOSSETT,  MOSES Prichard  Sta.,  Mobile  Co Attempted  rapo 

Nov.  2....SUMROLL,  ABRAM Vinegar  Bend,  Washington  Co Murder 

“ 2....LUCAS,  HENRY Vinegar  Bend,  Washmging- 

ton,  Co Complicity  in  murder 

“ 3....QUIGLETON,  FRED Talledaga,  Talledaga  Co Murder 

“ 30....SAUNDERS,  NEWT Opp.  Covington  Co Rape 

1908 

Apr.  6....CLAYTON,  WALTER. Bay  Minett,  Baldwin  Co Rapo 

Aug.  6... .MILLER,  WM Brighton,  Jefferson  Co Dynamiting 

Oct.  21....STOVER,  Halselle,  Choctaw  Co Attempted  rape 


1909 

Jan.  22  ...ROBERTSON,  DOUGLASS... Mobile,  Mobile  Co Murder 

“ 24. ...DAVENPORT Leighton,  Collier  Co— Barn  burning 

Feb.  1...  UNNAMED  NEGRO Boh var,  locality  undetermined Attempted  rape 


..Near  Birmingham,  Jefferson  Co Rapo 

..Jackson,  Clurke  Co— Murder 


Apr  25. ...THOMAS, 

Sept.  4 BALAAM,  JOSHUA 

4 . BALAAM,  LEWIS Jackson,  Clarke  Co— Murder 


Nov.  24....ROLSTON,  RAY Anniston,  Calhoun  Co Murderous  assault 

Dec.  20  . MONTGOMERY,  CLINTON Mnguolia,  Marengo  Co Murder 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


47 


ALABAMA — Continued 


Muy  26.  MATSON,  JESSE 

July  3.  McKENNY,  HENRY 
Aug.  1 WALLACE,  WILLIAM 

Oct.  4.  WITHERS,  BUSH— 

Oct.  8 . NEGRO 

“ 9.  RICHARDSON,  GRANT 

* 9— DELL,  JOHN 


Feb.  12  PETERSON,  IVER 

Apr.  2.  UNNAMED  NEGRO 

Aug.  30.  UNNAMED  NEGRO 

Sept.  20....MOLPASS,  CHAS 


Jan.  2S....C HANDLER,  JOHN. 

Feb.  19...  UNNAMED  

Aug.  5.. ..VERGE,  SAM 

“ 28...  UNNAMED 

Nov.  2— SMITH,  WM 

• 18....BERNEY,  ... 

Dec.  7....CTJRTIS,  Azariah... 

“ 20... UNNAMED 


Jan.  3....CARSON 

Aug.  28... .UNKNOWN  NEGRO. 


Mar.  29._.YOUNG,  CHARLES 
Dec.  19....JONES,  WILLIAM.. 


Jan.  4....SMITH,  EDWIN 

“ 4... .SMITH,  WILLIAM  

“ 18....DEELEY,  HERMAN. 

Aug.  10  ...FOX,  JAMES 

“ 17  JACKSON,  “KID” 

“ 17....RUSSELL,  HENRY 

“ 17....UNNAMED  NEGRO 


Jan.  28. ..BURTON,  RICHARD. 
July  1....WEEKS,  LEMUEL .... 


Jan.  10— UNNAMED  NEGRO 

July  16. ...UNIDENTIFIED  NEGRO 

“ 23  . ..HIBBLER,  POE 

" 23  POWELL,  WILLIAM 

" 23. ..POWELL,  JESSE 


1910 

.Calora,  Shelby  Co.._ Murder 

.Dothan,  Houston  Co Attempted  rape 

Axis,  Mobile  Co Rape 

.Sanford,  Covington  Co.._ Rape 

McFall,  Calhoun  Co Rape 

.Centerville,  Bibb  Co Rape 

..Montgomery,  Montgomery  Co — Murder 

1911 

.Eufaula,  Barbour  Co Attempted  rape 

..Union  Springs,  Bullock  Co Rape 

..Clayton,  Barbour  Co.._ Murder 

..Locality  undetermined Murder 

1912 

Bessemer,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

..Dothan,  Houston  Co Murder 

..Locality  undetermined Murder 

..Near  Gadsen,  Etowah  Co Murder 

..Bessemer,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

..Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

..Butler,  Choctaw  Co Murder 

..Cuba,  Sumter  Co Murder 

1913 

..Selma,  Dallas  Co Unnamed  offense 

..Kilgore Unnamed  cause 

1914 

..Clayton,  Barbour  Co— Murder 

..Fort  Deposit,  Lowndes  Co Murder 

1915 

..Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

..Wetumpka,  Elmore  Co Murder 

..Taylorsville,  Bartow  Co Murder 

..Locality  undetermined Murder 

..Hope  Hull,  Montgomery  Co Poisoning  mules 

..Hope  Hull,  Montgomery  Co Poisoning  mules 

..Hope  Hull,  Montgomery  Co Poisoning  mules 

1916 

..Boyds,  Sumter  Co Burglary 

-Pickensville,  Pickens  Co Murder 

1917 

..Greeley,  Tuscaloosa  Co Rape 

...Reform,  Pickens  Co Burglary 

...Pickens  Co Attempted  rape 

.. Letohatchee,  Lowndes  Co Threat  to  kill 

... Letohatchee,  Lowndes  Co Threat  to  kill 


ALASKA 


1897 

Aug.  21—  V N K NOW  N J/.4  N Skaguay Larceny 

Sept.  11— .MARTI  N,  WILLI  AM  G. Lake  Bennett Larceny 

“ 18.  ..  UNKNOWN  MAN Skaguay Larceny 


Feb. 


2 ....TANNER,  M.  F. 


1898 


Murder 


ARIZONA 

1892 

June  22.... TWO  HORSE  THIEVES Calabasas,  locality  undeter- 
mined   

Oct.  18— AN  INDIAN -Ash  Fork,  Yavapai  Co Rape 


48  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


ARIZONA — Continued 


1897 

Oct.  28.... MADERA,  JUAN Morenci,  Greenlee  Co... 

1901 

July  27 ....RIVERA,  IGNACIO Hent’s  Ranch 

1915 

April  20....  LEO  N,  J JJ A N Lonely  Gulch. 

“ 20. ... LEO  N,  JOSE  M Lonely  Gulch. 

1917 

May  6 ....DALEY,  STAR Florence,  Pinal  County. 


Murder 

Horse  thief 

Alleged  bandit 
Alleged  bandit 

Murder 


ARKANSAS 


1889 

Jan.  15.  REYNOLDS,  DEAN Locality  undetermined 

Mar.  8.. ..ROBINSON,  J.  E. Texarkana,  Miller  Co 

May  19. ...NEELY,  A.  M — Forest  City,  St.  Francis  Co.. 

Juno  13  JOHNSON,  ARMSTEAD Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  Co 

Dec.  16....F0  UR  0 UTLAWS Maumelle,  Pulaski  Co 


1890 

Jan.  1... .UNKNOWN.. Turner  P.  O.,  Phillips  Co 

Feb.  14...  LARKIN,  WILLIAM Camden,  Ouachita  Co 

May  30.. ..WEAVER,  ROBERT Locality  undetermined 

1891 

June  25....JONES,  HENRY Hamburg,  Ashley  Co 

July  7 . ..BAILEY,  JAMES Beebe,  White  Co 

“ 17. ...ROSSIM  US,  FRANK Arkansas  City,  Desha  Co 

“ 18. ...RICE,  FRA  N K Arkansas  City,  Desha  Co 

“ 19 ...DARMER,  JOHN .... Arkansas  City,  Desha  Co 

Aug.  30  . ..MULLIGAN,  CHARLES Conway,  Faulkner  Co 

Oct.  1... .PATTERSON,  BEN Hackette,  Sebastine.. 

“ 1 ...PEYTON,  EDWARD Near  Marianna,  Lee  Co 

Nov.  8.. ..RICE,  WILLIAM Locality  undetermined 

“ 20.  HADLEY,  NAT  ... Gurdon,  Clark  Co 

Dec.  14. ...UNKNOWN  MAN Newton  Co 

“ 21. ...SMI  T H,  J.  A Dewitt,  Arkansas  Co 

“ 21.... GREGOR  Y,  FLO  YD Dewitt,  Arkansas  Co 

“ 21.. ..HENDERSON,  MOSES Dewitt,  Arkansas  Co 


1892 

Jan.  1 S....JO  H NSO  N Northern  Arkansas 

“ 18.. ..BA  KER,  MRS Northern  Arkansas 

Feb.  9 BEAVERS,  HENRY Wilmar,  Ashley  Co 

“ 10...  BRISCO  & SON,  HAMP Locality  undetermined 

“ 10...  BRISCO,  MRS Locality  undetermined.... 

“ 14. ...KELLY,  JOHN Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  Co 

“ 14.  HARRIS,  GULBERT Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  Co 

“ 20....COY,  ED Texarkana,  Miller  Co 

“ 23. ...HARRIS,  GEORGE Varner,  Lincoln  Co 

April  1....ST  U ART,  C H AS... Locality  undetermined... 

May  13.  HENRY,  JAMES Little  Hock,  Pulaski  Co 

“ 21.  STEWART,  CHARLES  Morrillton,  Conway  Co. 

“ 31  ...  THREE  MEN  NAMED  MC- 

ART II  UR Pcrryville,  Perry  Co 

June  22....C  ARSON,  HE  NR  Y Moark,  Clay  Co 

July  2....A  NEGRO Wynne,  Cross  Co 

“ 2...  DONNELLY,  ROBERT Union  Township,  Fulton  Co. 

“ 14.  MOSELEY,  JULIAN Arkansas  City,  Desha  Co 

“ 30  . ..BAKER,  EUGENE Monticello,  Drew  Co... 

Aug.  4 CARTER,  ALLEN Wynne,  Cross  Co 

“ 10  . JORDON,  ROBERT Camden,  Ouaohita  Co 

* 23  BOWLES  Gurdon,  Clark  Co. 

Sept.  20  HARRISON  Chnmpngnollc,  Union  Co. 

Dec.  7....LIGHTFOOT Near  Newport,  Jackson  Co.. 


Jilting  a girl 

Rape 

.Political  troubles 
Theft 


Accessory  to 

murder 

Murder 

Race  prejudice 


Murder 

Rape 

.Attempted  murder 
Attempted  murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Strike  rioting 

Strike  rioting 

Unknown  cause 

Murder 

Cause  unknown 

Murder 

Murder 

Rape 


...  Suspected  murder 
Suspected  murder 
Assaulting  a woman 

Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

Murder 

Accessory  to 

murder 

Rape 

Murder 

Attempted  rape 

Rape 

Murder 


Advising  murder 

Murder 

Rape 

Rape 

Rape 

Self-defense 

Rapo 

Insulting  a woman 

.Rape 

Race  prejudice 

Fraud 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


4!) 


ARKAN  SAS — Continued 

1893 


Jan.  6 ..SCROGGS,  PAUL Brinkley,  Monroe  Co 

“ 6.  ALLEN,  HENRY Brinkley,  Monroe  Co 

April  19.... THORNTON,  FLANNEGAN Morrillton,  Conway  Co. 

May  9 ...CRAM,  A.  li Bearden,  Ouachita  Co... 

“ 9,...“DOCM  HENDERSON . Bearden,  Ouachita  Co. 

* 9.. ..STEWART,  JOHN Bearden,  Ouachita  Co... 

“ 31.  WALLACE,  JOHN  Jefferson  Springs 

Nov.  14.  NELSON ..Varner,  Lincoln  Co.._ 

Deo.  7 GREENWOOD,  ROBERT 

Nov.  29.. ..JONES,  NEWTON Boxley,  Newton  Co 


Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Rape 

Murder 

Race  prejudice 
Murder 


1894 

Jan.  5...  DAVIS,  ALFRED  _ Lonoke  Co 


Stealing 


“ 9 ... PL  V N KETT,  CHAS.  A 

ROUT.  

....Gulch  Co..  

...  Murder 

Mar.  6 UNKNOWN  WOMAN 

...  Near  Marche,  Pulaski  Co... 

..Unknown  offense 

May  23  BROOKS,  WILLIAM 

...  Palestine,  Saint  FrancisCo.... 

.Asking  white  woman 

June  22  CAPUS,  HENRY 

in  marriage 
Rape 

Sept.  22.  WASHINGTON,  LUKE 

Murder 

“ 22  WASHINGTON 

Murder 

“ 22....CROBYSON,  HENRY 

Murder 

June  20  KING,  FRANK 

1895 

...  Little  Rock.  Pulaski  Co.._ 

Murder 

July  14.... TWO  NEGROES Hampton,  Calhoun  Co Alleged  murder 

Aug.  22....JONES,  JAMES Locality  undetermined Murder 

Sept.  5....FREEMA  N,  AARON Near  Hot  Springs,  Garland 

Co Rape 

“ 11...  CALDWELL,  WILLIAM Near  Osceola,  Mississippi  Co Murder 

“ 11. ...THOMAS,  JOHN Near  Osceola,  Mississippi  Co Murder 

“ 19. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Locality  undetermined Rape 

Nov.  4. ...ENGLAND,  ALBERT Wynne,  Cross  Co Burglary 


1896 

July  31.  GOULD,  GIDFREY 

Rape 

Dec.  9. ...CRAZY  JIM 

Murder 

“ 17... .UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Near  Pine  Bluff,  Jefferson  Co 

1897 

May  20..  OATES,  PRESLEY 

Theft 

Aug.  24  . ..WYATT,  WILLIAM 

“ 26..  . WILLIAMS,  EDWARD 

Sept.  5 . UNKNOWN  NEGRO  

“ 16. ...WATSON,  D.  L. 

..  ..Robroy,  Jefferson  Co..  

....Unknown  offense 

Oct.  15.  PARKER,  THOMAS 

Killing  a white  cap 

“ 17 ...  COLE.  - 

Nov.  15....PHHKIPS,  HENRY . 

Dec.  8....M  URRA  F _ 

..Arresting  a miner 

1898 

Jan.  1_. 
“ 8.. 
“ 8.. 
“ 8.. 
Mar.  15.. 
April  3.. 
June  3.. 
July  1.. 
“ 14.. 

“ 14.. 

Aug.  9.. 
“ 9.. 

“ 9.. 

“ 9.. 

Dec.  6.. 


UNKNOWN  NEGRO Sherrill,  Jefferson  Co Theft 

DAVAL Near  Reader,  Ouachita  Co Murder 

HUNTLEY  Near  Reader,  Ouachita  Co Murder 

TWO  NEGROES— Near  Reader,  Ouachita  Co Murder 

UNKNOWN Marcella,  Stone  Co Robbery 

.MERCER,  WM— Locality  undetermined Murder 

HAYDEN,  LEVI Texarkana,  Miller  Co Assault 

GRAY,  GOODE Rison,  Cleveland  Co Murder 

RIED,  JAMES Monticello,  Drew  Co Murder 

JOHNSON,  ALEXANDER Monticello,  Drew  Co.  Murder 

MANSE,  CASTLE Clarendon,  Monroe  Co Murder 

RICORD,  DENNIS  Clarendon,  Monroe  Co Murder 

SAUNDERS,  WILLIAM  .._ Clarendon,  Monroe  Co Murder 

WEAVER,  RILLA Clarendon,  Monroe  Co Murder 

.GAINES,  NEWTON Locality  undetermined Rape 


50  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


ARKAN  SAS — Continued 


Mar.  23... 
“ 23... 

“ 23.. 

“ 23.. 

“ 23.. 

“ 23.. 

April  18.'. 
May  1... 
July  24.. 


June  12. 


DUCKETT,  GENERAL 

JONES,  BENJAMIN 

1899 

Little  River  Co 

Jones',  Joseph  

JONES,  MOSES 

GOODWIN,  EDWARD . 

KING,  JOSEPH 

Little  River  Co 

..UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Little  River  Co 

..HARKIN.  W.  H 

Clinton,  Van  Buren  Co 

DEES,  WILLIE 

DAVIS,  CHICH 

1900 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

West  Point,  White  County... 

. BRODIE,  JOHN.  

MULLENS!  NAT.  . 

Earle,  Crittenden  County.  _ 

Murder 

June  19....WOODW  ARD,  WILLIAM.  .. Searcy  Co Murder 

Dec.  21....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Arkadelphia,  Clark  County Rape 

1901 

Feb.  20....BERRYMAN,  PETER Mena,  Polk  Co Assaulting  a white 

person 

Mar.  23  ...ST  U N L Y,  GEORGE Pccohantos,  Randolph  County Murder 

April  G....HEARN,  MAY— Osceola,  Mississippi  County Murder 

May  13 . ..KEY,  LEE Knoxville,  Johnson  Co Race  prejudice 

Aug.  I....SE IG LE R. Rosston,  Nevada  Co Murder 


1902 

Mar.  10...  McCOY,  HORACE Foreman,  Little  River  Co Criminal  assault 

Aug.  1..  . NEWTON,  LEE Locality  undetermined Attempted  rape 

Sept.  3...  WILSON,  HOG Stephens,  Ouachita  Co ..Rape 

Oct.  20...  YOUNG,  CHARLES Forrest  City,  Saint  Francis.. ..Rape  and  murder 

Nov.  20....WELLS,  ELIJAH.__ Wynne,  Cross  Co Murderous  assault 


1903 

Mar.  20.. ..ROBERTSON,  FRANK Bradley,  Lafayette  Co .Arson 

April  6....TURNER,  JOHN..._ Warren,  Bradley  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 23  . THOMPSON,  ALEXANDER Gurdon,  Clark  Co Murderous  assault 

July  22  ...GILBERT,  JOHN Locality  undetermined Murder 

“ 22  . ..UNKNOWN Locality  undetermined Murder 

Sept HELLEM Luxora,  Mississippi  Co Assaulted  colored 

girls 

Oct.  6. ...McCOLLUM,  EDWARD Sheridan,  Grant  Co Murderous  assault 

Nov.  3.  .. JOHNSON,  BENRY Lake  Village.  Chicot  Co Murder 

“ 8 ....CADLE,  Z.  C Brinkley,  Monroe  Co — Murder 


1904 

Feb.  19....DAYS,  GLENCO Crossett,  Ashley  Co Murder 

Mar.  26  . ..SMITH,  JAS St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 20.. ..SMITH,  CHARLES St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26...  BALDWIN,  MACK St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26.. ..BAILEY,  ABE.. St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 20. ...FLOOD,  GARRETT  st.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Raoe  prejudice 

“ 26.... JOHNSTON,  KILLIS.. ..St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26....CARTER,  PERRY  St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26  . ..GRIFFIN,  HENRY St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 20  ...GRIFFIN,  WALTER St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26. ...FLOOD,  RANDALL.. St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26.. ..BALDWIN,  WM. St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 26  . ..MADISON,  WM St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

* 26.. ..HINTON,  AARON St.  Charles,  Arkansas  Co Race  prejudice 

Aug.  31. ...TWO  UNKNOWN  ... Stephens,  Ouachita  Co Insulting  white 

women 

Sept.  6...  UNKNOWN.. Crossett,  Ashley  Co Assaulting  whites 


Jan.  1 ....ALLWHITE,  WUIS. 

“ 4. ...JETTON,  WHITE 

April  20  BARRETT,  JOHN 
July  0 WOODMAN,  JAS. 

Sept.  22  . ..BROWN,  FRANK 


1905 

Newport,  Jackson  Co Murder 

Spring  Hill,  Murder 

Askew,  Leo  Co Murder 

Locality  undetermined Eloping  with 

white  girl 

.Conway,  Faulkner  Co Mistaken  identity 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


51 


ARKANSAS — Continued 

1906 

Feb.  7....CALTON,  JAMES Elmarth,  locality  undeter- 
mined  Murderous  assault 

July  8 ANDERSON,  WM. Pillar,  locality  undetermined Rape 

■ 12...  UNKNOWN Near  Junction  City,  Union  Co Attempted  rape 

Oot.  7.. ..BLACKBURN,  H Argenta,  Pulaski  .. Murderous  assault 

“ 8...  DAVIS,  ANTHONY.... Texarkana,  Miller  Co.. Attempted  rape 

Nov.  29....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Hot  Springs,  Garland  Co Attempted  rape 


1907 


Dec. 


July..  5 


TWO  COLORED  WOMEN 
...  MUSSAY,  WASHINGTON 

WILLIAMS,  ERNEST 

Stamps,  Lafayette  Co...  .... 

Augusta,  Woodruff  Co.  _ .. 

1908 

Murderous  assault 

Murder 

language 

1909 

HILLIARD 

. ..Hope,  Hempstead  Co 

AIKENS,  ALBERT 

Rape 

BLAKELY,  JOS 

Portland,  Ashley  Co 

BAILY,  GEO .... 

Devill’s  Bluff,  Prairie  Co.. 

1910 

...AUSTIN,  ROBERT  

....Marion,  Crittendon  Co.. 

...  Murder 

RICHARDS,  CHARLES  

....Marion,  Crittendon  Co 

. JONES  “JUDGE”.  

PRIDE,  FRANK 

...Murder 

MITCHELL,  LAURA. 

Murder 

McLANE,  “DOCK” 

.....Ashdown,  Little  River  Co... 

...HUNTER,  WILLIAM 

Star  City,  Lincoln  Co 

women 

. POWELL,  SAM 

..Robbery  and  arson 

...CHITWOOD,  OSCAR 

Murder 

1911 

DEAN,  ARTHUR. 

Rape 

LUCEY,  NATHAN  . 

. LEWIS,  CHARLES 

Insulting  women 

1912 

LEWIS,  SANFORD 

Murder 

WILLIAMS,  JNO. 

Murder 

. FRANKLIN,  MONROE 

....Russellville,  Pope  Co 

1913 

June  19....NORMAN,  WILLIAM Near  Hot  Springs  Garland  Co Rape 

Sept.  5....SIMMS,  LEE Little  Rock,  Pulaski  Co Rape 


Oct.  28....DAVIS,  HOWARD.. 


1914 

..Newport,  Jackson  Co.. 


..Murder 


1915 

June  15....HALEY,  LOY Hope,  Hempstead  Co Murder 

Sept.  12. ...BOWERS,  JACOB Carlisle,  Lonoko  Co ..Murder 

Dec.  3. ..  PATRICK,  WILLIAM Forrest,  St.  Francis  Co Murder 


52  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


ARKANSAS — Continued 
1916 

Jan.  22....  UNNAMED  HIGHWA  Y- 

M A N Vandervoort,  Polk  D 

May  27....GILMAN,  FELIX  Prescott,  Nevada  Co Murder 

Aug.  9... .UNNAMED  NEGRO Stuttgart,  Arkansas  Co Rape 

Oct.  9.. ..DODD,  FRANK Dewitt,  Arkansas  Co Attempted  rape 


Feb.  8 .SMITH,  JAMES 

July  31. ...AVERY,  ANDREW 
Aug.  9....JIMERSON,  AARON  

Sept.  13....GATES,  SAMUEL  

Oct.  8 . ..UNNAMED  NEGRO 


1917 

.Proctor,  Crittenden  Co Murder 

.Garland  City,  Miller  Co ...Robbery 

..Ashdown,  Little  River  Co.._.Murderous 

assault 

England,  Lonoke  Co Insulting  girls 

Robbery 


CALIFORNIA 

1889 

Mar.  18....SPRAG  UE,  B.  S Garvanza,  Los  Angeles  Co Murder 


1891 

Feb.  22....RE1LL  Y,  OLIVER Salado  Independence  Co 

June  15. ..  AH  ANONG  TI  (CHINESE) Bridgeport,  Mono  Co.. ... 

Aug.  25....LEE  OMAN,  (CHINESE) Locality  undetermined... 


1892 

Redding,  Frankiln  Co Murder  and 

robbery 

Redding,  Franklin  Co Murder  and 

robbery 

..Locality  undetermined Murder 

.San  Jose,  Santa  Clara  Co Unknown  offense 


1893 

Apr.  7....FULZEN,  JESUS  (MEXICAN)..San  Bernardino,  San  Bern- 
ardino Co Murder 


1895 

July  27 ..  .ADAMS,  VICTOR O’Neals  Madera  Co._... 

Aug.  26 IO  H NSO  N,  LAW  RE  NCE Yreka,  Siskiyou  Co 

“ 26....NULL,  WILLIAM. Yreka,  Siskiyou  Co 

“ 26...  .MORE  NO,  LOUIS Yreka,  Siskiyou  Co 

“ 26 ....SEEMLER,  HARLAND... Yreka,  Siskiyou  Co 

Sept.  27....ARCHOR,  WM.  (INDIAN) Bakersfield,  Kern  Co.  .. 

Oct.  1....LITTLEFIELD,  JOHN Round  Valley,  Inyo  Co 


May  31.  HALE,  FRANK 

1901 

Theft 

“ 31  ....HALE,  JAMES 

Theft 

“ 31  ...  HALE,  MARTIN 

Theft 

“ 31  HALE , CALVIN 

..Theft 

“ 31... T ANTIS,  B.  D 

Lookout,  Modoc  Co 

Theft 

July  10....FOOK,  TUNG  (CHINESE) 


Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

.Murder 

Murder 


July  24 ...RUGGLES,  JOHN 

“ 24 ...RUGGLES,  CHARLES. 

Sept.  20. ...SMITH,  J.  W 

Nov.  11  PLANZ,  HENRY 


.Murder 
Murder 
Rape 


Mar.  12...  UNKNOWN 
Apr.  W. ...PETRIE 


1904 

.Majane,  locality  undetermined  .Unknown  offense 
.Dunsmuir,  Siskiyou  Co. Rape 


1908 

Apr.  23....SIM PSO  N,  JOS Sikdoo,  locality  undetermined Murder 


COLORADO 


July  2(\....ARAT A,  NICOLAI 


1893 

.Denver,  Denver  Co. 


Murder 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


53 


COLORADO — Continued 
1894 

June  2 ...McCURDY,  ALEX Golden,  Jefferson  Co.. Murder 


1895 

Jan.  9....W  I T H E R ELL,  GEORGE Canon  City,  Fremont  Co 

Mar.  12....  A PO  LETT  I , ANTONIO Walsenburg,  Huerfano  Co... 

“ V2....GI  ACO  NI  NO,  PIETRO Walsenburg,  Huerfano  Co.. 

“ 12  ...LORENZO,  ANTINIO Walsenburg,  Huerfano  Co.. 

“ 12. ...ROCHETTI,  FRANCISCO  Walsenburg,  Huerfano  Co.  . 

“ 12  ..V  ETTA  RI,  STANISLAUS  Walsenburg,  Huerfano  Co..  . 

“ 12..  . 1 VELSB  Y,  JOSEPH Walsenburg,  Huerfano  Co.  . 


Desperado 

Alleged  murder 
Alleged  murder 
Alleged  murder 
Alleged  murder 
Alleged  murder 
Alleged  murder 


1896 

Apr.  15  ...COVINGTON,  SAM 

Oct.  14  HARRIS,  GEORGE 

“ 14  .SMITH,  WILLIAM 

• U ...JONES,  CHARLES 

1900 

Jan.  26...  RE  Y NOLDS,  THOMAS ... 

Canon  Citv.  Fremont  Co 

May  22....KUNBLERN,  CALVIN 

Pueblo,  Pueblo  Co 

Murder 

Nov.  16... .PORTER,  PRESTON 

Locality  undetermined 

1902 

Mar.  25.... WALLACE,  WASHINGTON  H La  Junta,  Otero  Co.. 

1906 

Dec.  27. ...LE BORG,  LAURENCE ..... 

Las  Animas,  Bent  Co 

DELAWARE 

1903 

June  12... .WHITE,  GEORGE.— 

Near  Wilmington,  New  Castle 

Co 

FLORIDA 

1890 

Mar.  29..  . SIMPSON,  SIMMONS 

July  18.  JACKSON,  GREEN 

Ft.  White,  Columbia  Co..  .. 

Dec.  11. ..WILLIAMS,  DANIEL 

1891 

Feb.  18. ..CHAMPION, 

“ 18 ...KELLY,  MICHAEL  

Gainesville,  Alachua  Co..  _ . 

June  17. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 22....GRIFFEN,  CHARLES . 

Aug.  25.. ..FORD,  ANDY  - 

Bad  reputation 

Sept.  29....BARLEY,  LEE 

De  Land,  Volusia  Co.. 

Dec.  15  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 15. ...TWO  NEGROES 

Live  Oak,  Suwanee  Co 

Jan.  12  . ..HENSON,  HENRY 

1892 

Micanopy,  Alachua  Co 

Murder 

Feb.  18....AUSTIN,  WALTER... 

Arcadia,  De  Soto  Co..  

Murder 

Mar.  30.... COBB,  DENNISS. 

May  25...  WILLIAMS,  JAMES.  . 

Locality  undetermined. 

Murder 

“ 25...  A NEGRO 

Locality  undertermined— 

Murder 

54  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


FLORIDA — Continued 

June  7....KANEKER,  WILLIAM  — Apalachicola,  Franklin  Co Rape 

July  8. ...McDUFFIE,  HENRY Orlando,  Orange  Co Stealing 

Sept.  7.. ..A  NEGRO Waldo,  Alachua  Co— Incendiary 


Jan.  26.. ..WILLS,  PATROCK  . 

July  12. ...LARKINS,  ROBERT 

Nov.  9....BOGGS,  HENRY 

“ 14....THREE  NEGROES 


1893 


.Quincy,  Gadsden  Co Incendiarism 

.Ocala,  Marion  Co Rape 

.Fort  White,  Columbia  Co Murder 

.Lake  City  Junction,  Columbia  Co Murder 


Jan.  9 . ..SMITH,  SAMUEL 

“ 14.  WILLIS,  CHARLES..... 

May  13 ...ROSE,  GEORGE 

“ 15. ...YOUNG,  NIM 

“ 29.  BURGIS,  J.  T 

Sept.  14....SMITH,  JAMES 

Dec.  4. ..JACKSON,  WILLIAM 
“ 17....A  NEGRO 


1894 


.Greenville,  Madison  Co _ Murder 

Ocala,  Marion  Co Desperado 

.Locality  undetermined Rape 

Ocala,  Marion  Co Rape 

.PalatkaJ Putnam  Co Conspiracy 

.Starke,  Bradford  Co Attempted  rape 

Ocala,  Marion  Co Rape 

.Marion  Co Rape 


1895 

Apr.  2....RAWLES,  WILLIAM Locality  undetermined Murder 

May  19....ECHOLS,  SAMUEL Ellaville,  Madison  Co— Rape 

“ 19.. ..CROWLEY,  SIMEON Near  Ellaville,  Madison  Co Rape 

“ 19  . BROOKS,  JOHN ......Near  Ellaville,  Madison  Co Rape 

“ 30....THREE  NEGROES Bartow,  Polk  Co Suspicion  of  rape 

June  9....COLLINS,  WILLIAM Mayo,  Lafayette  Co— Attempted  rape 

“ 11. ...TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES Mayo,  Lafayette  Co Concealing  criminal 

July  4....BENNET,  ROBERT Near  Lake  City,  Columbia  Co Attempted  rape 

Aug.  18....LEWIS,  SAMUEL Locality  undetermined Murder 


Jan.  13....JORDON,  HARRY  

Apr.  20..  . VAN  BRUNT,  JOHN 

May  7....JONES,  CHARLES 

“ 11....WILSON,  HARRY. 

“ U....MURRAY.  

July  6 . ..WILLIAMS,  JACOB  .._ 

Sept.  23  .HARRIS,  CHARLES 

““  23... JOHNSON,  ANTHONY 

Nov.  28 ....DANIELS,  ALFRED 


1896 


.Alachua,  Alachua  Co Murder 

,De  Land,  Volusia  Co Disorderly  conduct 

.Macclenny,  Baker  Co Without  cause 

.Madison  Co— Unknown  offense 

.Madison  Co— Unknown  offense 

Madison  Co Rape 

.Near  Dc  Land,  Volusia  Co Rape 

.Dc  Land,  Volusia  Co Rape 

.Gainesville,  Alachua  Co -Arson 


1897 

Jan.  24  TAYLOR,  PIERCE 

Mar.  5 SMITH,  OTEA  . . 

Murder 

“ 5.. ..GREEN,  JACK 

Juliette,  Marion  Co 

Murder 

“ 5 EDWARDS,  HENRY 

“ 5...  JONES,  SAM 

Juliette,  Marion  Co 

Murerr 

“ 5.  MELTON,  WASH  . 

Murder 

“ 15.  ..GILMORE,  JAMES 

Juliette,  Marion  Co 

“ 15  MILEY,  JAMES  — 

Murder 

“ 15.  MILLER,' OTIS 

Murder 

June  5 BARRETT,  ISAAC 

Aug.  20  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Nov.  25....PRICE.  HICKS - 

1898 

Nov.  6.  WILLIAMS,  ARTHUR Wellborne,  Suwanco  Co. 


Murder 


Feb.  1.  MARTIN,  CHARLES... 

June  1.3  A NEGRO 

* 13....TWO  NEGROES 

Aug.  9.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO... 
Nov.  22.. ..LAWRENCE,  WEST 


1899 


.Madison,  Mndison  Co Unknown  offense 

.Dunellon,  Madison  Co Murder 

llunellon,  Madison  Co Race  prejudice 

Jasper,  Hamilton  Co.. Rape 

.Near  Pensacola,  Escambia  Co Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


FLORIDA — Continued 

1900 

Mar.  11  ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Jennings,  Hamilton  Co Murder 

May  14. ...TWO  NEGROES Brooksvillc,  Hernando  Co Murder 

June  10. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Sneads,  Jackson  Co Suspected  murder 

June  10  ...SANDERS,  JOHN Sneads,  Jackson  Co Complicity  in  murder 

“ 27....DAVIS,  ROBERT Mulberry,  Polk  Co Murder 

* 27. ...THOMAS,  JACK. Live  Oak,  Suwanee  Co Attempted  rape 

* 29....BARCO,  JAMES Panasoffkee,  Sumter  Co Unknown  offense 

Nov.  27. ...W I LLI  AMS,  SPENCE  It Lake  City,  Columbia  Co.._ Murderous  assault 


Jan.  7 DENSON,  JAMES 

“ 7...  DENSON’S  STEPSON 

“ ir>.  mckinney,  norman 

Feb.  8 WRIGHT,  WILLIAM 
Feb.  8.  WILLIAMS,  SAM 
May  30...  ROCHELLE,  FRED 
Sept.  7.. ..UNKNOWN 


1901 

Madison,  Madison  Co Murder 

Madison,  Madison  Co Murder 

Dunnellon,  Marion  Co Trainwrecking 

Dade  City,  Pasco  Co Complicity  in  murder 

Dade  City,  Pasco  Co Complicity  in  murder 

.Bartow,  Polk  Co Murder 

.Chipley,  Washington  Co Rape 


July  28...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
Aug.  1 WILLIAMS,  ALONZO 
Sept.  1.  PRICE,  MANNY 
“ 1....SCRUGGS,  ROBERT 


1902 

Bluff  springs,  Escambia  Co Unknown  offense 

.San  Antonio,  Pasco  Co.._ Rape 

Newberry,  Alachua  Co Murder 

..Newberry.  Alachua  Co Murder 


Mar.  9....THOMAS,  HENRY... 

May  3..  KENNEDY,  DAN 

“ 19....7ARF/S,  WASHINGTON..... 

“ 20....RANDALL,  AMOS.. 

“ 20  . ..GORDON,  HENRY 

July  18.  ADAMS,  

“ 21  GREEN,  CRANE 

Oct.  9 ...WILLIAMS,  SAMUEL 

Dec.  5..  LEWIS  JACKSON. 


1903 


Parish,  Manatee  Co Rape 

.Mulberry,  Polk  Co Murder 

.Madison,  Madison  Co Murder 

..Mulberry,  Polk  Co Murder 

.Mulberry  Polk  Co Murder 

..Lake  Butler,  Bradford  Co Rape 

..Pine  Barren. Rape 

..Lawby,  Bradford  Co Refusing  information 


..Near  Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co Attempted  rape 


Jan.  15...  CLARK,  JUMBO... 
May  20.  UNKNOWN ... 

Sept.  6 . ..BRADLEY,  WASH.. 
Oct.  4 ....RIVERS,  ... 


1904 

.High  Springs,  Alachua  Co Rape 

Mulberry,  Polk  Co.._ Unknown  offence 

.Bronson,  Levy  Co .....Murder 

.Perry,  Taylor  Co Attempted  rape 


1905 

July  1....PETERS,  DOC Cottondale,  Jackson  Co. 


Murder 


May  17....JORDAN,  FRANK 

June  8 DAVIS,  JAMES 

July  27...  BLACK,  JOHN 

“ 27....REAGIN,  WM 

Aug.  21....BAPES,  JOHN 

Nov.  9 . ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO. 


1906 

Inverness,  Citrus  Co Murder 

Inverness,  Citrus  Co — Murder 

.Locality  undetermined Murder 

.Locality  undetermined Murder 

Mulberry,  Polk  Co Murderous  assault 

.Madison,  Madison  Co Rape 


Feb.  2.. ..PITMAN,  CHAS 

Mar.  5 ....LONG,  JOHN. 

July  29  . SHAW,  LEANDER 
Oct.  5.. ..PRICE,  BENJAMIN.. 


1908 

.Greenville,  Madison  Co Suspected  murder 

.Newberry,  Alachua  Co Murder 

.Pensacola,  Escambia  Co. Attempted  rape 

.Locality  undetermined Rape 


1909 

Feb.  13....NADER,  JACOB Lakeland,  Polk  Co 

Apr.  5....ALEXANDER,  DAVID Pensacola,  Escambia  Co.. 

“ 10... .SMITH,  JNO Arcadia,  De  Soto  Co 

May  9.. ..UNNAMED  NEGRO ...Duval  Co 

June  6.— MORRIS,  MAIX Tallahassee,  Leon  Co 

“ 15....UNNAMED  NEGRO Arcadia,  De  Soto  Co 

Sept.  26... .ANDERSON,  CHAS Perry,  Taylor  Co..__ 


Rape 

Murder 

Rape 

Rape 

Murder 

.Attempted  rape 
Murder 


56  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


FLORIDA — Continued 

1910 

Mar.  7. ...ELLIS,  WADE Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co .Murder 

“ 7 ...  ELLIS,  SAM Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co Murder 

“ 8.... .NEGRO Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co Murder 

June  11....MATTHEWS,  ROBERT Locality  undetermined Rape 

July  9.... McINTOSH,  SAM Kathleen,  Polk  Co  Attempted  murder 

July  30...  TWO  NEGROES.. Bonifay,  Holmes  Co Murder 

Aug.  2...  FOUR  NEGROES Bonifay,  Holmes  Co Complicity  in  mur- 

der 

Sept.  2 . ..CHRISTIAN,  EDWARD Graceville,  Jackson  Co.._ Murder 

“ 2...  BOWMAN,  HATTIE Graceville,  Jackson  Co Complicity  in  mur- 

der 

“ 20  ...TICORETEA,  CASTE  NEGO Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co Attempted  murder 

“ 20— .ALB  A NO,  ANGELO Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co Attempted  murder 

Nov.  26.... LOWE,  RICHARD Mayo,  Lafayette  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 26.... MATTHEWS,  ROBERT Gull  Point,  Escambia  Co.._ Rape 

1911 

Mar.  5...  BAKER,  GALVIN Marianna,  Jackson  Co Threats  to  kill 

May  21  ...SIX  UNKNOWN  NEGROES Lake  City,  Columbia  Co Murder 

1912 

Apr.  15....ARLINE,  SAM Near  Tampa,  Hillsborough  Co Murder 

July  4. ...ENGLISH,  WM Bradentown,  Manatee  Co Insulting  white 

woman 

Sept.  14...  MURPHY,  H — Atlon,  Lafayette  Co. Rape 

Nov.  14...  NELLIS,  PREECH Ocala,  Marion  Co._ Murder 

“ 19. ...ARCHER,  JNO. Ocala,  Marion  Co Murder 

1913 

July  6— SMITH,  ROSCOE Yellow  River Murder 

“ 7.  UNNAMED  NEGRO. Bonifay,  Holmes  Co.__ Rape 

“ 10... .TEMPERS,  KID Blountstown,  Calhoun  Co Murder 

1914 

Nov.  14.... EVANS,  JOHN St.  Petersburg,  Pinellas  Co Murder 

1915 

Feb.  17  ... RICHARDS,  JOHN Sparr,  Marion  Co Insulting  women 

Feb.  28.. ..REED,  WILLIAM Kissimmee,  Osceola  Co Rape 

July  23...  OWENS,  H.  M Trenton,  Alachua  Co.._ Popular  prejudice, 

Aug.  6. ...LEACH,  WILLIAM Dade  City,  Pasco  Co Rape 

“ 12 ....CR  UM,  A UDR  Y. Osceola,  Orange  Co Murder 


1916 

Jan.  28— ANDERSON,  RICHARDSON Ocala,  Marion  Co._ Murder 

Apr.  16....DUKE,  JOHN Bonifay,  Holmes  Co Murder 

“ 17  ....DYKES,  JOHN Vernon,  Washington  Co Murder 

Aug.  19...  YOUNG,  STELLA Newberry,  Alachua  Co Alleged  accessory 

to  murder 

“ 19— DENNIS,  MARY Newberry,  Alachua  Co Alleged 


19— DENNIS,  BERT... Newberry,  Alachua  Co Alleged 

19..  . McHENRY,  ANDREW. Newberry,  Alachua  Co Alleged 

19.. .  HASKINS,  JOHN Newberry,  Alachua  Co. Alleged 

19.. .. DENNIS,  JAMES Newberry,  Alachua  Co Alleged 

1917 


accessory 
to  murder 
accessory 
to  murder 
accessory 
to  murder 
accessory 
to  murder 
accessory 
to  murder 


Mar.  29.. ..GARNER,  S.  G Kissimmee,  Osceola  Co Refusal  to  give  up 

farm 

June  25... .TRENT,  SHEPHERD I’unta  Gorda,  Dc  Soto  Co. Attempted  rape 


GEORGIA 

1889 


.Irwinville,  Irwin  Co Rape 

Tunncll  Hill,  Wit  field  Co... Rap 

.East  Point,  Fulton  Co Rape 

e 


July  1.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
“ 11  LOVE,  MARTIN 

Sept.  4 POWERS,  WARREN 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


57 


GEORGIA — Continued 


Oct.  1 DUNCAN,  JOHN 

Spring  Place,  Murry  Co 

Living  with  a white 

‘ 12  MOORE,  WILLIAM 

woman 

Nov.  10  ...THOMAS,  JOHN 

...  Midvile,  Burke  Co 

....Rape 

“ 16  ANTHONY,  JOHN 

..  Lincolnton,  Lincoln  Co..„ 

Dec.  26  JACKSON,  PETER 

...  Jesup,  Wayne  Co 

Race  hatred 

“ 26.  HOPPS,  WILLIAM 

...  Jesup,  Wayne  Co 

1890 

Feb.  28  . BROWN,  WASHINGTON... 

Mar.  24  MARTIN,  SAMUEL 

...  Athens,  Clark  Co ... 

...Wrightsville,  Johnson  Co.._  ... 

Murder 

June  10  PRINCE,  GEORGE 

. ..Elbert  Co 

■ io  poke,  Jesse 

* 10  PERRY,  'RICH 

Unpopularity 

“ 13  PENNER,  GEORGE 

“ 28  ROBERTS,  ANDREW 

...Waycross,  Ware  Co 

Rape 

July  11  HARMON,  JAMES.  

....Social  Circle,  Walton  Co 

Rape 

Oct.  12  WOSTEN,  FRANK 

....Homer,  Banks  Co 

Incendiarism 

“ 24  WILLIAMS,  JOHN 

“ 31  TWO  NEGROES 

Rape 

“ 31.  POLASCO, 

Nov.  1...  JONES,  OWEN 

Rape 

“ 19.  SIMMONS,  JOHN 

—Cairo,  Grady  Co 

Rape 

Dec.  3.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

. ..Home,  Floyd  Co 

Unknown  cause 

1891 

Feb.  21.  KING,  WESLEY-  

....Locality  undetermined. 

Murder 

“ 26.  WEST,  ALLEN... 

Rape 

July  1 BUCK,  DANIEL 

Rape 

Aug.  29...  OWENS,  WILLIAM 

...  Jesup,  Wayne  Co 

Rape 

Sept.  26.  MACK,  CHAS 

Rape 

Nov.  2 ...  NIX,  LARKIN 

Murder 

Dec.  16  . ..GOLDEN,  WELCOME— 

....  Waycross.  Ware  Co 

Rioting 

14  . KINGUT,  ROBERT Wavcross,  Ware  Co 

15.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Camak,  Warren  Co 


...Rioting 

..Burglary 


1892 

...Mitchell  Co Murder 

..Ware  Co Murder 


Jan.  9....NUX,  

Mar.  1....JONES,  

Apr.  5 ...  FIVE  NEGROES  (5) Near  Lithonia,  Dekalb  Co— Rape 

“ 14. ...WEST,  WILLIAM Locality  undetermined Murder 

Ma3’  17...  THREE  NEGROES  (3) Clarksville,  Habershaw  Co Suspected  robbery 

“ 21...  SMITH,  SERBORN  Covington,  Newton  Co Rape 

June  11...  MORELAND,  ANDERSON Forsythe,  Monroe  Co Rape 

July  21...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Jesup,  Wayne  Co Supposed  offense 

Aug.  25.. ..HOWARD,  BENJ Josselin,  Liberty  Co Murder 

Sept.  8.... WILLIAMS,  JESSE Eastman,  Dodge  Co Attempted  rape 

Oct.  26.... WILSON,  JAMES. Dalton,  Whitfield  Co Race  prejudice 

Nov.  26....SCOTT,  GESTER Calhoun,  Gordon  Co Murder 

Aug.  30.. ..JESSY,  JOHN Near  Forsyth,  Monroe  Co Rape 

1893 

Mar.  1...  HILL,  THOMAS Spring  Place,  Murray  Co Rape 

May  23....MUCHLEA,  EPHRIM Hazelhurst,  Jeff  Davis  Co Murder 

“ 23.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Hazelhurst,  Jeff  Davis  Co Murder 

July  17.. ..DEAN,  WARREN Locality  undetermined Rape 

Oct.  22 ...  JENKINS,  EDWARD Clayton  Co. _ Murder 

Dec.  2.. ..HOLT,  LUCIUS.. Concord,  Pike  Co Murder 

“ 19  . ..FERGUSON,  WILLIAM Adel,  Berrien  Co Turning  State’s 

evidence 

“ 25.... THOMAS,  CALVIN Locality  undetermined Unknown  offense 


Feb.  10....COLLINS, 


1894 

..Athens, 


Clarke  Co Enticing  servant 

away 

“ 15....COLLINS,  ROBERT.- Oglethorpe,  Macon  Co Race  prejudice 

Mar.  5— RHODES,  SYLVESTER. Collins,  Jasper  Co Murder 

Apr.  6....AHREN,  DANIEL Greensboro,  Greene  Co Rape 

“ 10 ....CASH,  EDWARD Greensboro,  Greene  Co Rape 

“ 20  ....WORLEY,  HENRY Murry  Co Unknown  offense, 

by  white  caps 

“ 26....EVARTS,  ROBERT Locality  undetermined Rape 

May  22— A NEGRO._ Miller  Co— ..Rape 

June  13...  A NEGRO— Blackshear,  Pierce  Co Rape 

“ 18— OPIETRESS,  OWEN Forsythe,  Monroe  Co Rape 


58  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


June  28....FRANKLIN,  FAYETTE 

GEORGIA — Continued 

Mitchell  Co 

Rape 

Sept.  19....GOOSENBY,  DAVID 

..Rape 

Nov.  8....LA  WHENCE,  LEE 

Jasper  Co.. 

Rape 

Deo.  23. ...TAYLOR,  SAMUEL.  . 

Brooks  Co.._  

Murder 

“ 23  ...FRAZIER,  CHARLES.. 

“ 23  PIKE,  SAMUEL 

Brooks  Co 

Murder 

Murder 

“ 23.  . SIIERARD,  HARRY 

Brooks  Co 

Murder 

“ 23....THREE  UNKNOWN  NEGROES 


(3) 


Brooks  Co 


.Murder 


Jan.  9 COLDHAND,  GEORGE. 

Mar.  2....ROBERTSON,  CHARLES 

“ 14. ...GIBSON,  ARMOR 

May  2....BROWNLEE,  THOMAS 

“ 22....CON  NELL,  WILLIAM 

June  18.. ..HARRIS,  GEORGE. 

July  2....CHANDLER,  SAMUEL 

Aug.  12. ...HARRIS,  WILLIAM 

Oct.  4....SMITH,  NEAL.__ 

Nov.  4. ..JEFFERSON,  LEWIS... 

“ 23 ....PERD  VE,  L.  W 

“ 25.. ..HANCOCK,  BALAM 

Dec.  1....SUTTON,  LONG 

“ 1 ....SUTTON,  HENRY 

“ 8 ....SMITH,  JAMES... 


Feb.  9....BLA  KE,  H Y 

May  12.. ..HARDEE,  WILLIAM 

June  1....SLAYTON,  JESSE 

“ 1.  .. MILES,  WILLIAM 

Sept.  16.... WARREN,  LEM 

“ 27...JBOONE,  HARRISON. 

Oct.  7.... WILLIAMS,  CHARLES 

“ 15....MILNER,  HENRY 


Jan.  5....GUST,  SIDNEY.. 

“ 9. ..HENDERSON,  ANTHONY  ... 

“ 22... .WHITE,  WILLIAM 

“ 22.. ..FORSYTHE,  CHARLES 

“ 27..  . BRANNAN,  GEORGE 

May  18....CAPT.  LEWIS 

July  19....R  YDER,  W.  L 

“ 23. ..WILLIAMS,  OSCAR... 

Aug.  23  . ..GREEN,  ANDREW... 

Sept.  2..  . SCOTT,  BEN 

“ 12....GIBSON,  CHARLES  ... 

Oct.  2..  . JOHNSON,  FRANK 

Nov.  18....RUFF,  JOSHUA. 

“ 19 ...CONNELL,  WILLIAM 


1895 

Colquitt  Co Murder 

Allendaletown,  Wilkinson  Co Murder 

Forsyth,  Monroe  Co Rape 

Butts  Co Informing 

Montgomery  Co Murder 

Near  Dublin,  Laurens  Co Attempted  rape 

Monroe,  Walton  Co Unknown  offense 

Colquitt  Co Attempted  assault 

Locality  undetermined Rape 

Homersville,  Clinch  Co Rape 

Locality  undetermined Rape 

Gibson,  Glasscock  Co Attempted  rape 

Unadilla,  Dooly  Co Desperado 

Unadilla,  Dooly  Co Desperado 

Monticello,  Jasper  Co Informer 

1896 

Locality  undetermined Illicit  distilling 

Nicols,  Coffee  Co Assault 

Columbus,  Muscogee  Co Rape 

Columbus,  Muscogee  Co Rape 

Terrell  Co Rape 

Sparta,  Hancock  Co Shooting  at  officer 

Locality  undetermined Murder 

Griffin,  Spalding  Co Rape 

1897 

Locality  undetermined Race  prejudice 

Unadilla,  Dooly  Co Murder 

Jeffersonville,  Twiggs  Co Murder 

Jeffersonville,  Twiggs  Co Murder 

Locality  undetermined Assault 

Lumpkin,  Stewart  Co Alleged  arson 

Waverly,  Harris  Co Murder 

Griffin,  Spalding  Co Attempted  rape 

Lovett,  Laurens  Co Murder 

Echols  Co Stealing  cattle 

Mason,  Bibb  Co Murder 

Locality  undetermined. Rape 

Gibson,  Glasscock  Co Rape 

Dublin,  Laurens  Co Murder 


1898 


Feb.  1.  .BELIN,  JOHN 

Murder 

“ 13  ....DILLARD,  WHIT 

....Blue  Ridge,  Fannin  Co 

Murder 

Mar.  24...  ALLEN,  JOSEPH 

May  27.  OLLIVER,  RICHARD 

...  Moultrie,  Colquitt  Co 

Murder 

Aug.  8.. ..MEADOWS,  JOHN 

“ 20.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

..  .Carmel,  Meriwether  Co 

Americus,  Sumter  Co 

Sept.  7.  WILLIAMS,  JOHN 

Rape 

“ 11  BURTON,  GEORGE 

Rape 

Nov.  23..  MERRIWEATHER,  EDWARD 

Dec.  6...  GLOVER,  JACOB  . . 

....Monticello,  Jasper  Co.. 

Murder 

“ 6 ANDERSON,  JAMES 

Murder 

“ 26 ....BOLTON,  JEFF 

Harmony  Grove,  Jackson  Co. 

Arson 

Feb.  11  BIVINS,  GEO.  L. 

1899 

“ 11.  HOLT,  WILLIAM 

...  Leesburg,  Lee  Co 

“ 11  FOOT,  GEORGE 

Mar.  16....CATLEN,  BUD 

Palmetto,  Campbell  Co 

“ 16  BINGHAM,  HENRY 

Palmetto,  Campbell  Co.._ 

Arson 

* 16..  HUTSON,  TIP. 

Palmetto,  Campbell  Co 

* 16  BROWN,  EDWARD 

Palmetto,  Campbell  Co — 

Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


59 


GEORGIA — Continued 

Mar.  16....BIGLEY,  JOHN ... Palmetto,  Campbell  Co.. Arson 

Apr.  25...  HOSE,  SAMUEL  Newman,  Cowetta  Co Murder  and  rape 

“ 25  . ..STRICKLAND,  ELIJA.H  Palmetto,  Campbell  Co... Alleged  complic  ity 

* in  murder 

* 27....DANIEL,  MITCHELL  Leesburg,  Lee  Co Inflammatory  lan- 

guage 

May  22  ..  LINTON,  THOMAS Locality  undetermined Race  prejudice 

June  16.. ..WILLIAMS,  Near  Odum,  Wayne  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 16.. ..CLARK,  DAVID Near  Odum,  Wayne  Co Resisting  arrest 

July  23....SAMMIN,  LOUIS Safford,  Early  Co Robbery  and 

murder 

* 23....TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES  (2).SafTord,  Early  Co Robbery  and 

murder 

* 23  . ..FISH-HEAD  GUS Safford,  Early  Co Robbery  and 

murder 

* 23.... JOHNSON,  WASHINGTON ...Safford,  Early  Co Robbery  and 

murder 

* 25  . ..MACK,  CHARLES... Safford,  Early  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

“ 25.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO. Near  Leesburg,  Lee  Co Alleged  complicity 

in  murder 

Aug.  1..  . JONES,  SOLOMON  Forrest,  Columbia  Co Attempted  rape 

* 3 . ..HENDERSON,  LOUIS— Blakely,  Early  Co Rape 

“ 11 — McCLUE,  WILLIAM Clem,  Carroll  Co Attempted  rape 

Sept.  14 — UNKNOWN  NEGRO Ty  Ty,  Tift  Co... Rape 

Oct.  24....GOOSBY,  JOHN  Locality  undetermined. Attempted  murder 

Nov.  23....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Jackson,  Butts  Co.  Attempted  rape 


1900 

Mar.  18  . ..BARLEY,  JOHN ..Marietta,  Cobb  Co Attempted  rape 

Apr.  3. ..BROOKS,  ALLEN Berryville.. Rape 

May  4....JONES,  MARSHALL Douglas,  Coffee  Co Murder 

“ 13  . ..WHITNEY,  ALEX Harlem,  Columbia  Co Murder 

‘ 14.... WILLIS,  WILLIAM.. Grovetown,  Columbia  Co.  ... Murder 

June  9...  ADAMS,  SIMON Near  Columbus,  Muscogee  Co.. ..Attempted  rape 

“ 11.... JEFFERSON,  LENNY ...  Metcalf,  Thomas  Co Attempted  rape 

* 27...  HINES,  JORDAN Molena,  Pike  Co Unknown  offense 

Sept.  8.... WELLY,  GRANT. Thomasvitle,  Thomas  Co .Assaulting  a white 

man 

Oct.  19  . ..HARDEMAN,  FRANK WUlaston Rape 

“ 24....GUER,  JAMES Liberty  Hill,  Pike  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 24....CALEAWAY,  JAMES Liberty  Hill,  Pike  Co.  .. Race  prejudice 

Dec.  8....RUFUS,  BUD..„ Near  Rome,  Floyd  Co Murder 

“ 28. ...FULLER,  GEORGE Marion  Co... Arson 

1901 

Jan.  3 . ..READ,  GEORGE Rome,  Floyd  Co Suspected  rape 

“ 3....THOMPSON,  STERLING Campbell  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 5....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Near  Quitman,  Brooks  Co Rape 

Mar.  2... .MOODY,  JOHN Bryan  Co Cause  unknown,  by 

white  caps 

“ 13.... HARRIS,  SHERMAN Shellman,  Randolph  Co Murder 

“ 18 — UNKNOWN  NEGRO  Randolph  Co Murder 

Apr.  15... GORDON,  KENNEDY Portal,  Bulloch  Co Attempted  rape 

29....GROUSLSBY,  WILLIAM Elberton,  Elbert  Co Murderous  assault 

May  10... JOHNSON,  HENRY Valdosta,  Lowndes  Co Murderous  assault 

June  29... UNKNOWN  NEGRO Georgetown,  Quitman  Co Attempted  rape 

July  25...ERLE,  FRANK. Vidalla,  Montgomery  Co Robbery 

Aug.  10....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Ways  Station,  Bryan  Co Rape 

Nov.  1 — UNKNOWN  NEGRO Allentown,  Wilkinson  Co Attempted  rape 

1902 

Mar.  29 — YOUNG,  RICHARD Near  Savannah,  Chatham  Co Murder 

Apr.  1... .ALLEN,  WALTER. Rome,  Floyd  Co Attempted 

criminal  assault 

“ 22....YOUNG,  HARRY Locality  undetermined Unknown  offense 

July  28. ...McCAULEY,  ARTHUR Locality  undetermined Murder 

“ 28...WISE,  JOHN. .Pembroke,  Bryan  Co Rape 

Aug.  31....BROSIN,  JOHN Monticello,  Jasper  Co Attempted  rape 

Oct.  23....BROWN,  BENJ Tallapoosa,  Haralson  Co Rape 

1903 

Feb.  7....HILL,  LEE Wrightsville,  Johnson  Co Murder 

“ 24....FAMBRO,  WTLLIAM Griffin,  Spalding  Co Insulted  white 

woman 

Apr.  23-..RAINEY,  ANDREW Bainbridge,  Decatur  Co .Arson 


GO  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


GEORGIA — Continued 


Mav  22  HOPKINS.  WILLIAM 

Rape 

1 GORMAN,'  BENJ 

Murder 

8 PEAVEY,  BANJO  - . 

24.  McCOY, ' GARFIELD  

Murder 

« 

24...  McKINNEY,  GEORGE- 

Newton,  Baker  Co 

Murder 

« 

24  ANNETT.  WILEY 

Murder 

Julv  14  CLAUS.  EDWARD 

Sept. 

Oct. 

—....UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Rape 

16  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Mav  15  CUMMINGS.  TNO 

1904 

Rape 

June 

1 THOMPSON.  ARTHUR 

Murder 

Aus.  16...  REED.  PAUL 

Murder 

« 

16....CATO;  WM. 

Murder 

« 

17...  ROGERS,  ALBERT  .... 

Race  prejudice 

« 

17 .SON  OF  ROGERS 

Race  prejudice 

« 

17....LESUERE,  RUFUS 

Assault 

« 

22„, GLOVER,  JAS. ..  _. 

Rape 

« 

28...  SCOTT,  

Murder 

« 

30..  . McBRIDE.  SEBASTIAN 

Race  prejudice 

Sept.  IS  WARE.  INO 

Murder 

“ 

21. ...troy,  Jack:, 

U 

21. ..MARSHALL,  EDW 

Murder 

Oct. 

12 ..  WEAVER.  MOSES 

Murder 

Nov.  29  ... SIMMONS,  HURBERT.... 

Murder 

June  29.  AYCOCK.  LON  T 

1905 

Murder 

29.., ROBINSON,  RICH. 

Murder 

U 

29.,  ROBINSON,  LEWIS.,,. 

Murder 

M 

29,.  ELDER,  CLAUDE 

_ Murder 

« 

29,, ALLEN,  RICH 

Murder 

• 

29,  YERLY',  GENE 

Murder 

* 

29  , HARRIS,  ROBT, 

Murder 

Oct. 

29  PRICE,  SANDY 

8.  .SEABRIGHT,  THOS. 

Watkinsville,  Oconee  Co 

Rape 

29  .GOODMAN,  AUGUSTUS 

Bainbridge,  Decatur  Co 

Murder 

Mav  14  WOMACK.  WM. 

1906 

Rape 

23„  IRWIN.  JOHN 

Murder 

July  11. ...PEARSON,  ED 

“ 31...  CARMICHAEL,  FLOYD 

Swainsboro,  Emanuel  Co 

..Murderous  assault 
Rape 

Sept.  10.. ..MILLER.  CHAS. 

Attempted  rape 

May 

7„  HARRIS,  CHAS 

1907 

Murder 

u 

21,  FIVE  NEGROES  (5) 

July 

1 ..POSE  Y "DOCK” 

Rape 

2.,  HERBERT,  GEO. 

.Murderous  assault 

Oct. 

27-  WILKS,  JNO 

Robbery 

1908 

Jan. 

Feb. 


Mar. 

Juno 


July 

Aug. 


Sept 

Oct. 


9 COLEY,  THOS Goldsboro, 

9 WEBB,  ISAAC Goldsboro,  • 


..Murderous  assault 
..Murderous  assault 


17..  UNKNOWN  NEGRO  Statcboro,  Bulloch  Co Rape 

24. . ..THOMPSON  GILBERT Stateboro,  Bulloch  Co Rape 

(Alleged  rape,  proved  innocent  afterwards.) 

26..  ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Valdosta,  Lowndes  Co Conspiracy  to  do 

violence 

6.. ..CURRY,  ROBERTSON Hawkinsville,  Pulaski  Co..__ Murder 

6.. .  HENRY,  JOHN  Hawkinsville,  Pulaski  Co Murder 

27.  .. WILKINS,  WALTER ..Waycross,  Ware  Co... Rape 

27. . ..BAKER,  ALBERT Waycross,  Ware  Co..— Rape 

27..  UNNAMED  NEGRO Hiokox,  Wayne  Co Complicity  in  rape 

29..  WILLIAMS,  ALONZO Ohoopec,  Tombs  Co Attempted  rape 

7.. ..LOKIE,  CHAS Tilton,  Tift  Co Insulting  remarks 

to  white  woman 

25.. .  WILLIAMS,  VANCE. Louisville,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

5.. ..TOWNE,  JOHN Damascus,  Early  Co._ Rape 

22.. . THOMAS,  GEO Ft.  Gaines,  Clay  Co Murderous  assault 

11.. .  WHITE,  HENRY— Younker,  Dodge  Co Murderous  assault 


1909 


Feb.  19  . ..WYATT,  ROLLEY  Locality  undetermined 


.Murder 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


G1 


GEORGIA — Continued 

Feb.  22 T H RE  E WHITE  MES  (3) Mineral  bluff,  Fannin  Co Rape 

Mar.  2... FOWLER,  JOS Blakely,  Early  Co Murder 

May  24.  AIKENS,  ALBERT. Lincolnton,  Lincoln  Co ...Murderous  assault 

June  22 ...  CORNAKER,  WM Talbotton,  Talbot  Co Unnamed  offense 

* 22  . ..HARDY,  JOS Talbotton,  Talbot  Co Instigation  of  mur- 

der 

" 25  . ..REESE,  ALBERT Cuthbert,  Randolph  Co Murderous  assault 

July  1...  UNNAMED  NEGRO  Barnett,  Warren  Co Burglary 

* 20....GREEN,  KING Gum  Branch,  Liberty  Co Insulting  women 

* 31.  ANDERSON,  SIMON Wellston,  Houston  Co Window  peeping 

Aug.  27 ....CLARK,  BEN J. Tarrytown,  Montgomery  Co Murder 

“ 27... .SWEENEY,  JOHN Tarrytown,  Montgomery  Co.._ Complicity 

“ 27. ...CLARK,  B Sopertown,  Montgomery  Co Murder 

Dec.  1... .HARVARD,  JNO. Cochran,  Bleckley  Co Murder 


1910 

Feb.  20...XUMPKIN,  DAN, Columbus  Co 

Mar.  2 — NEGRO Vidalia,  Toombs  Co 

Apr.  15. ...ROYAL,  ALBERT Amboy,  Turner  Co 

■ 15  ...JACKSON,  CHAS Amboy,  Turner  Co 

May  27.  .WILSON,  CHAS, Albany,  Dougherty  Co 

July  27....RALENT,  EVAN Locality  undetermined 

* 31.... NEGRO Near  Cairo,  Grady  Co 

Apr.  11....TABOR,  JAMES Alamo,  Wheeler  Co 

Sept.  6 . ..TWO  NEGROES  (2) Clark  Co 

Nov.  8.. ..WALKER,  JOHN Montezuma,  Macon  Co 

“ S KARNES,  WILLIAM Montezuma,  Macon  Co. 


Alleged  complicity 

in  murder 

Attempted  rape 

and  murder 

Rape 

Rape 

Rape 

Attempted  rape 

Rape 

Rape 

Attempted  burg- 
lary and  murder 

Murder 

Murder 


1911 

Jan.  22.  JOHNSON,  WM.  . 

Murder 

Feb.  25  JONES,  ROBERT 

Murder 

* 25.  VEASE,  JOHN  

Murder 

Apr.  7.  HALE,  CHARLES 

Apr.  8 ...JORDAN,  DAWSON.  . 

.. ..Lawrence ville,  Gwinnett  Co. 

Rape 

Murder 

• 8 PICKETT,  CHARLES  _ 

Murder 

* 8.  BURTON,  MURRAY  _ 

Murder 

May  18.  McLEOD,  JOHN. 

Murder 

* 21.  SMITH,  BENJAMIN 

Murder 

* 22.  MOORE,  JOSEPH 

Murder 

June  30.  ALLEN,  THOMAS 

Rape 

* 31  WATTS,  FOSER  

Suspicioned  rape 

July  11.  McGROFF,  WM.  . . . 

Murder 

Aug.  29 . ..DAVIS,  PETER 

Murder 

Oct.  5-..UNNAMED  NEGRO 

Attempted  rape 

‘ 11. ...CHAP WAN,  ANDREW  

* 19  ...LOVELACE,  TERRY. 

. ... Locality  undetermined  — 

Attempted  rape 

...Murderous  assault 

“ 28..  . WALKER,  DANIEL 

Murder 

Dec.  21. ..WARREN,  JOHN 

Murder 

1912 

Jan.  22.  .HEMMING,  EUGENE  .. 

Murder 

* 22.  MOORE,  JNO.  _ 

Murder 

‘ 22 CRUTCHFIELD,  JNO. 

* 22.  HATHAWAY,  BELLE 

Murder 

“ 30...  HAMILTON,  ALBERT  . 

...Rape 

Feb.  4....POWELL,  CHAS- 

..Assault  and  Rob- 

Mar.  21  ...BURK,  HOMER 

bery 

Murder 

Apr.  26...XTHERIDGE,  HENRY. 
June  25...  BOSTWICK,  ANN 

....Near  Jackson,  Butts  Co — 

Race  prejudice, 

Murder 

Aug.  13 . ..COTTON,  T.  Z. 

Murder 

Sept.  10... .ED WARDS,  ROBT-  .. 

..Complicity  in  mur- 

Oct.  5 YARBOROUGH, 

der 

N'ov.  30.... WILLIAMS,  CHESBLEY.  

Cordele,  Crisp  Co 

Murder 

1913 

Mar.  4. ...TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES  (2)..Cornelia,  Habersham  Co Murder 

May  5.—OWENSBY,  SAMUEL Hogansvalle.  Troup  Co Murder 

June  21. ...UNNAMED  NEGRO Americus,  Sumter  Co Murder 


62  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


GEORGIA — Continued 

July  28.... SHAKE,  JOHN Locality  undetermined Murderous  assault 

Aug.  15  . ..LOVETT,  ROBERT Morgan,  Calhoun  Co _ Murder 

Aug.  25....SWANSON,  VIRGIE  (F) Greenville,  Meriwether  Co Alleged  murder, 

proved  innocent 


1914 

Sept.  20.. ..BROWN,  NATHAN Rochells,  Ogle  Co Murder 


1915 


Jan.  15.. ..BARKER,  SAMUEL Monticeilo,  Jasper  Co Resisting  arrest  for 

murderous  assault 

“ 15  . ..BARKER,  JESSE Monticeilo,  Jasper  Co .Resisting  arrest  for 

murderous  asault 

“ 15.. ..CHARLES,  EULA  (F) Monticeilo,  Jasper  Co Resisting  arrest  for 

murderous  assault 

“ 23....MORRIS,  PETER. Arlington,  Calhoun  Co Murder 

Feb.  4....CULBERSON,  A.  B Evens,  Columbia  Co Rape 

Apr.  16... .SHEFFIELD,  CAESAR. Valdosta,  Lowndes  Co Theft 

June  14....HEVENS,  SAMUEL Toccoa,  Habersham  Co Rape 

July  5 ...GREEN,  WILLIAM  & SON  (2)..Macon,  Bibb  Co ...Alleged  murder 

“ 21 .... FLAMBE,  PETER Cochran,  Pulaski  Co Accessory  to  mur- 

der 

“ 21. ...JACKSON,  Cochran,  Pulaski  Co Accessory  to  mur- 

der 

Aug.  17 ....FRANK,  LEO  M Near  Milledgeville Alleged  rape  and 

murder 

Aug.  17. ...RIGGINS,  JOHN Bainbridge,  Decatur  Co Rape 

Oct.  21. ...GREEN,  ALONZO  & SON  (2) Wayside,  Jones  Co Murder 

Dec.  20. ...BLAND,  SAMUEL Eastman,  Dodge  Co Unnamed  cause 

“ 20  . ..STEWART,  WILLIAM Eastman,  Dodge  Co Unnamed  cause 


1916 

Jan.  21...  LAKE,  FELIX.. Sylvester,  Worth  Co Murder 

“ 21...XAKE,  FRANK Sylvester,  Worth  Co Murder 

“ 21....LAKE,  DEWEY Sylvester,  Worth  Co.._ Murder 

“ 21. ...LAKE,  MAJOR  Sylvester,  Worth  Co Murder 

“ 21LEAMON,  RODIUM Sylvester,  Worth  Co Murder 

Feb.  12— HARRIS,  HARVIN Near  Macon,  Bibb  Co Murder 

“ 25  ...McCORTELE,  JESS. Cartersville,  Bartow  Co Attempted  rape 

Aug.  21...  LEWIS,  Valdosta,  Lowndes  Co Alleged  burglary 

Sept.  21— WHITE,  HENRY— Durand,  Meriwether  Co Rape 

“ 26  HUDSON,  PETER Cuthbert,  Randolph  Co Murder 

“ 26.  STURGIS,  ELIJAH  .. Cuthbert,  Randolph  Co Murder 

“ 29. ...SHULER,  MOXIE Bainbridge,  Decatur  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 29..  . TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES  (2). .Gordon,  Wilkinson  Co Accessory  to  mur- 

der 

Oct.  4... .CONNELL,  MARY Leary’s,  Calhoun  Co Accessory  to  mur- 

der 


“ 7....SMITH,  CHARLES 


Near  Sandersville,  Washington 

Co.. Murder 


1917 

Mar.  1 ..CLINTON,  LINTON- „ Meigs,  Thomas  Co.. Rape 

Mar.  28  NOWLING,  JOE Pelham Reason  unknown 

Sept.  18.  MONCRIEF,  RUFUS Whitehall,  Clarke  Co... Rape 

Nov.  16— STATEN,  JESSE Quitman,  Brooks  Co Insulting  white 

woman 

Nov.  17.  JOHNSON,  COLLINS Sale  City Disputing  white 

man's  word 

“ 17— JOHNSON,  D.  C. Sale  City.. Disputing  white 

man's  word 

Dec.  15— DEKLE,  CLAXTON Metter. Killing  in  quarrel 


IDAHO 

1892 

Oct.  17.. ..EIGHT  HORSE  THIEVES.... Deer  Flat, 


Jan.  5 ..  ROBERTS,  ALBERT ... 


1893 

.Locality  undetermined... 


Murder 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


85 


IDAHO — Continued 


1904 

June  3....M  YERS,  T.  M.. 

Murder 

1011 

Sept.  9 — HALLICK,  PETER Grangeville,  Idaho  Co Wife  beating 


June  29  ...FRISB  V,  RO  Y Ah 

Feb.  3....MI LLER,  AMOS... 

June  3.  BUSH,  SAM 

ILLINOIS 

1891 

1892 

1893 

Bv  white  caps 

Rape 

July  14.  BUTLER,  ALLEN  

-.Criminal  abortion 

June  26....P/  N KERTON,  WILLIAM. 

1894 

Spring  valley,  Bureau  Co 

Rape 

May  25 ...  HALLS,  JOHN. 

1895 

* 25 ...  RO  YCE,  WILLIAM.  

Dnaville,  Vermillion  Co 

Feb.  12....GRANT 

1896 

Sullivan,  Moultrie  Co 

Murder 

Aug.  19...  U N KNOW  N TRAMP 

1897 

Manheim,  Cook  Co 

Murderous  assault 

Nov.  7 STEWART,  F.  W 

1898 

Lacon,  Marshall  Co 

Dec.  21 SIMMS,  WM 

Murder 

Feb.  26...  HUGHES,  WOODFORD 

1902 

Locality  undetermined 

Disreputable  char- 

Sept.  4 BROWN,  EDWARD 

acter 

Attempted  rape 

Apr.  26.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

1903 

Thebes,  Alexander  Co 

June  6...  WYATT,  DAVID  

Murder 

July  23.  MAYFIELD,  I.  D.  

Aug.  15  ...BURTON,  SCOTT... 

1908 

“ 16....DONIGAN,  GEO..  __  ....  . 

Nov.  3....JONES,  WM.... 

1909 

Murder 

Sept.  12.. ..TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES. 

1913 

Tamms,  Alexander  Co 

...Murderous  assault 

Oct.  12 ....CLAZA,  ALBERT.  

1914 

..Murder 

June  10.  .. STRANDS,  JOSEPH  . 

1915 

Johnston  City,  Williamson  Co Murder 

INDIANA 

1889 

June  12 ....DEVINE,  JAMES. Corydon,  Harrison  Co Murder 

“ 12 TENNYSON , CHAS Corydon,  Harrison  Co Murder 

July  20.. ..WILLIS,  PETER Warsaw,  Kosciusko  Co — Rape 


86  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


INDIANA — Continued 


Feb.  8.... 
Nov.  18.... 


May  22.... 
Aug.  22  ... 


Jan.  11....WAGONER,  SHERMAN ._ 


Sept.  15.... 
“ 15.... 

“ 15... 

“ 15.... 

“ 15... 


Dec.  24.. 


Dec.  16... 
“ 16... 
* 17... 


Feb.  26.. 
Nov.  20.. 


July  1....AN  INDIAN 


1890 

...Blountsville,  Henry  Co 

...Locality  undetermined 

...Crime  unknown, 
desperado 
Rape 

1891 

Rape 

...Shelbyville,  Shelby  Co 

Murder 

1894 

...Mitchell,  Lawrence  Co.._ 

1897 

Burglary 

Burglary 

Burglary 

Burglary 

Burglary 

1898 

Murderous  assault 

1900 

Murder 

Murder 

Complicity  in 

1901 

murder 

Murder 

1902 

Rape 

IOWA 

1889 

Rape 

1890 

Unknow'n  cause 

1893 

Murder 

1894 

Swindling 

1896 

Assault 

1901 

...Moscow,  Muscatine  Co 

1907 

Murder 

CANSAS 

1889 

Horse  stealing 

1892 

...Rosalia,  Butler  Co 

Jan.  16  ....HE  HM  AN,  AUOUSTV 

Sept.  14...  THOMPSON,  JAMES burned,  Pawnee  Co Rape 

Nov.  29  . ..TRUE,  COMMODORE  Hiawatha,  Brown  Co Murder 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


05 


KAN  SAS — Continued 

1893 

Apr.  20  ADAMS,  DAN.  — Salina Murderous  assault 

Aug.  21. ...WILSON,  JOHN Leavenworth,  Leavenworth  Co Itape 

1894 

Apr.  24  LUGGLE,  JEFF.  Cherokee,  Crawford  Co Murder 

May  9 ....Me  K I N DLE  Y,  W Sharon  Springs,  Wallace  Co Murder 

“ 9....Mc  KI N DLE  F,  LEWIS Sharon  Springs,  Wallace  Co Murder 

1895 

Apr.  3....W  ALT  E RS,  NEWTON Locality  undetermined Murder 

1898 

June  13....BEC KER,  JOHN Great  Bend,  Barton  Co Murder 

1899 

Mar.  2S....S.4  NDERSO  N,  HE  NR  K.~ Locality  undetermined Murder 

Apr.  25.... WILLIAMS,  CHARLES  ..Galena,  Cherokee  Co Murder 

Oct.  30  . ..MILLS,  GEORGE Weir,  Cherokee  Co Murder 

1900 

Jan.  20. ...SMITH,  GEORGE Fort  Scott,  Bourbon  Co.. _ Murder 

“ 20....SMITH,  EDWARD Fort  Scott,  Bourbon  Co Murder 

1901 

Jan.  15. ...ALEXANDER,  FRED Leavenworth,  Leavenworth  Co.. Murder  and  rape 

May  13.. ..HERMAN,  DR Topeka,  Shawnee  Co Race  prejudice 

1902 

Dec.  25....GODLEY,  MONTGOMERY Pittsburg,  Crawford  Co Murder 

1910 

Sept.  21  ....DUDLEY,  BERT, Olathe,  Johnson  Co ...Murder 


KENTUCKY 


1889 

May  20  . ..THORNTON,  JOS Wickliffe,  Ballard  Co 

June  24....CRA  VASSO,  TON  Y AND  ZiftO. Cumberland  Gap,  Whitley  Co. 

“ 26 — ARDELL,  CHARLES Shepherdsville,  Bullitt  Co 

July  23. ...MALONE,  DANIEL Covington,  Kenton  Co 

“ 23. ...KELLY,  JAMES Paris,  Bourbon  Co 

Nov.  24 ....SMITH,  JOSEPH  .1... Trenton,  Todd  Co.... 

De.  9.... TURNER , JOHN Greensburg,  Green  Co 

“ 19. ...JONES,  DOC. Owensboro,  Daviess  Co 

1890 

Apr.  IS.. ..MOODY,  SAMUEL .Auburn,  Logan  Co 

Aug.  17...  HENDERSON,  JOHN  Midway,  Woodford  Co . 

Let.  2.. ..HUMPHREYS,  ERNEST Princeton,  Caldwell  Co 

1891 

Apr.  16....SKAPP,  WILLIAM Old  Union. 

May  22....WI  LCO  X,  JOHN Sandy  Hook,  Elliot  Co 

“ 22....WI LCO X,  HY Sandy  Hook,  Elliot  Co 

July  20. ...BROWN,  MARK Shelbyville,  Shelby  Co . 

“ 25.. ..GRANGE,  JOHN Franklin,  Simpson  Co 

Aug.  28.. ..DUDLEY,  JAMES. Georgetown,  Scott  Co 

Sept.  15 — GILLILAND,  JAMES  H .Somerset,  Pulaski  Co 

“ 15 ....GILLILAND,  JOSIAH Somerset,  Pulaski  Co 


Rape 

.Murder 

Murder 

Rape 

Rape 

.Murder 

.Murder 

Murder 


Murder 

.Murder 

.Murder 


.Murder 

Rape 

Rape 

Rape 

Threats 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 


1892 

Jan.  28. ...GIBSON,  LEE Owenton,  Owen  Co.._ Murder 

June  1.... WILLIS,  NICK  Lebanon,  Marion  Co Rape 

“ 8...  PORTER,  AUSTIN Grayson,  Carter  Co Wife-murder 

“ 10  . ..HILL,  CHARLES Paducah,  McCracken  Co Rape 

July  12 ....REDFERI N,  J.  R Franklin,  Simpson  Co Murder 

“ 29.. ..McDANIELS,  LEE Oaks  Crossing. Attempted  rape 

Aug.  16.. ..MURPHY,  LOGAN. Mt.  Sterling,  Montgomery  Co Murder 

Sept.  2....WHCOXSON,  JOHN. Edmonton,  Metcalf  Co Murder 

Dec.  19  ...BOND,  JAMES Guthrie,  Todd  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 28....A  NEGRO Bowling  Green,  Warren  Co Rape 


66  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


KENTUCKY— Continued 


Jan.  12....MOORMAN,  EDWARD 

“ 12. ...MOORMAN,  RICHARD 

May  3 ...COLLINS,  JAMES 

July  7 . MILLER,  CHARLES. 

Aug.  3 ....POOLE,  FELIX 

“ 18.. ..WALTON,  CHARLES. 

“ 19. ...NEGRO  TRAMP 

“ 28  . ..TAYLOR,  LEONARD 

Sept.  1 . McNEAL,  JUDGE.. 

“ 2...ARKINSON,  WILLIAM 

Dec.  16.. ..GIVENS,  HENRY 


Jan.  1... .MITCHELL,  JOSHUA 

“ 21....GUMBLE,  M.  G 

Mar.  2....TYE,  LEN 

June  20...  HAINES,  ARCHIE 

“ 21. ...HAINES,  BURT 

“ 20...  HAINES,  WILLIAM 

“ 24.. ..GODLY,  CALEB 

July  16....HOWARD,  MARION 

“ 26. ...TYLER,  WILLIAM 

Aug.  14.  ..BOSTON,  MARSHALL 

Oct.  1 ...RICH,  BERR  F._ 

“ 8....RIC  HARDSO  N,  AL 

“ U....MORTON,  OSCAR 

“ 15.. ..GRIFFEY,  WILLIS 

Nov.  8.. ..NALLS,  GABE 

“ 8....NALLS,  ULYSSESS 


1893 


.Guston,  Meade  Co.. 

Murder 

.Guston,  Meade  Co 

_ Murder 

.Owensboro,  Daviess  Co.. 

Rape 

Murder 

Rape 

.Cadiz,  Trigg  Co 

.McKinney,  Lincoln  Co 

Attempted  rape 

Rape 

stock 

1894 

.Leesburg Unknown  offense 

by  white  caps 

.Jellico  Mines,  Whitley  Co Rape 

.Hariem Kidnapping 

.Mason  Co Horse  stealing 

.Mason  Co Horse  stealing 

..Mason  Co Horse  stealing 

.Bowling  Green,  Warren  Co Rape 

..Scottsville,  Allen  Co Rape 

..Carlisle,  Nicholas  Co Attempted  rape 

Frankfort,  Franklin  Co Rape 

.Marion  Co ...Suspected  robbery 

.Irvine,  Estill  Co Rape  and  murder 

..Stanton,  Powell  Co... Murder 

Princeton,  Caldwell  Co Attempted  rape 

..Blackford,  Webster  Co Incendiarism 

..Blackford,  Webster  Co Incendiarism 


1895 

Jan.  1....BLAU,  THOMAS Mt.  Sterling,  Montgomery  Co Murder 

Apr.  26....RAY,  GEORGE Gensonton,._ ..Being  disreputable 

May  16 ....  HOW ESTO  N , JOHN Marion,  Crittenden  Co Rape 

“ 23....THOMPSON,  CLAUDE  — De  Koven,  Union  Co Attempted  rape 

July  1 — COLSTON,  ABIT  HAL Trigg  Co.._ Murder 

“ 1. ...SMITH,  MOLLIE Trigg  Co Murder 

“ 9...  .HOW  LETT  HOW  TON  & SO  N.. Lewiston Unknown  offense 

“ 15... .HUGGARD,  ROBERT Winchester,  Clark  ( !o  Alleged  rape 

Aug.  26 — LEWIS,  HARRISON Springfield,  Washington  Co Murder 

Sept.  2....BUTCHER,  WILLIAM Hickman,  Fulton  Co Murder 

Nov.  21. ...TWO  NEGROES  - Henderson,  Henderson  Co Rape 

“ 25....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Calvert,  Marshall  Co Train-wrecking 

Dec.  29  ...DEVER,  WILLIAM Lebanon,  Marion  Co Murder 

“ 29.... WEST,  MRS.  T.  J Lebanon,  Marion  Co Mob  indignation 

1896 

Feb.  17  . ..MARTIN,  FOMIT Monticello,  Wayne  Co Barn-burning 

May  11. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO ..Fulton,  Fulton  Co — Murder 

Sept.  14....WHITE,  THOMAS Aurora,  Fulton  Co Unknown  cause 

Dec.  18 PROCTOR,  PINK near  Russellville,  Logan  Co Murder 

“ 18 PROCTOR,  ARCH near  Russellville,  Logan  Co — ..Murder 

“ 21. ...STONE,  JAMES Mayfield,  Graves  Co..__ Rape 

“ 22  . ..FINLEY,  GEORGE Mayfield,  Graves  Co Theft 

“ 26... .HOLT,  ALFRED Owensboro,  Daviess  Co Murder 


1897 

Feb.  4....MORTON,  ROBERT Rockford,  Rockcastle  Co Writing  insulting 

letters 

Mar.  8 ...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Rock  Springs Stealing 

Apr.  14  ...BRA  YDEE,  WILLI  AM.  near  Middleboro,  Bell  Co Murder 

July  22.  BRINKLEY,  EPHRIAM Madison Bad  reputation 

Aug,  15..  . WILSON,  GEORGE  Meyers Unknown  cause 

“ 22...  S ULLIVA  N,  ELEA  N Y - Williamsburg,  Whitley  Co Rape 

Sept.  26....BRUSHROD,  RAYMOND Hainesville Rape 


1898 

Feb.  23...  ALLEN,  RICHARD Mayfield,  Graves  Co,. Robbery 

“ 23  HOLMES,  THOMAS Mayfield,  Graves  Co Murder 

Juno  16...  CALLS,  GAMS  ,. Glasgow,  Barren  Co Rape 

* 26...  SCOTT,  GEORGE Russellville,  Logan  Co. Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lunched 


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KENTUCKY— Continued 

Oct.  2....BAUER,  ARCH Tompkinsville,  Monroe  Co Murderous  assault 

Dec.  16....(»0/  N,  PLEAS near  Middletown,  Jefferson  Co.._ Murder 


1899 

May  11 HOLLA  ND,  WALTER. Meyers Rape 

June  27.  STEVENS,  HENRY  Fulton,  Fulton  Co Highway  robbery 

Dec.  G . ..COLEMAN,  RICHARD MaysviUe,  Mason  Co..__ Murder 

1900 

Oct.  18....WARFIELD,  FRATEN  Elliston,  Grant  Co Attempted  rape 


1901 

Sept.  12  ... HOWARD,  FRANK.. Wickliff,  Ballard  Co Murder 

“ 12  REED,  SAM ...  Wickliff,  Ballard  Co Murder 

“ 12  HARRIS,  ERNEST Wickliff,  Bollard  Co Murder 

Oct.  2 FIELDS,  JUMBO  Shelbyville,  Shelby  Co Murder 

“ 2....GARNETT,  CLARENCE Shelbyville.  Shelby  Co Murder 

Oct.  31. ...ESTERS,  SILAS—„ Hodgenville,  Larne  Co Forcing  white  boy 

to  commit  crime 

1902 

Jan.  11. ...MAYS,  JAS Spyfield. Criminal  assault 

Feb.  6...  BROWN,  THOMAS Nicholasville,  Jessamine  Co Criminal  assault 

“ 15  DULY,  BELL Fulton,  Fulton  Co Suspected  murder 

Mar.  20.... DRAKE,  ELIJAH Madrid  Bend,  Breckenridge 

Co Larceny 

STEWART,  JAS Madrid  Bend,  Breckenridge 

Co Implicated  in  lar- 

ceny 

BLAMBARD,  THOMAS Fulton,  Fulton  Co ...Murder 

DEWLEY.  ERNEST  Brandenburg,  Meade  Co Murderous  assault 

B UC  KLES,  HARLAN Elizabethtown,  Hardin  Co Murder 


20....! 


Apr.  10.. 

* 30.. 

Nov.  16.. 


1903 

July  14  ...THACKSON,  WILLIAM MaysviUe,  Mason  Co— Murder 

Oct.  9.. ..HALL,  THOMAS Kevil,  Ballard  Co Murder 

1904 

Jan.  24. ...RADFORD,  LEWIS Guthrie,  Todd  Co Murder 

June  14....THOMPSON,  MARIE Lebanon  Junction,  Bullitt  Co Murder 

July  17...  UNKNOWN Locality  undetermined Murder 

Aug.  30....BUMPASS,  JOE Near  Hickman,  Fulton  Co Rape 


1905 

May  22.. ..SHAW,  ROBERT. Waitman,  Hancock  Co Murder 

July  7. ...BEARD,  LEON Normandy,  Spencer  Co Rape 

Oct.  12....LEAVELL,  FRANK Elkton,  Todd  Co Attempted  rape 


1906 

Jan.  22. ...BAKER,  ERNEST Cadiz,  Trigg  Co Murder 

1907 

Aug.  16.. ..CLIFFORD,  WM Maple  Grove Rape  and  murder 

1908 

May  31  ...McDOWELL,  JACOB Providence,  Webster  Co Murder 

Aug.  1....JONES,  VIRGIL RusseUviUe,  Logan  Co Expressing  sympa- 

thy with  murder 
of  white  man 

“ 1....JONES,  ROBT RusseUviUe,  Logan  Co Expressing  sympa- 

thy with  murder 
of  white  man 

“ 1.... JONES,  THOS RusseUviUe,  Logan  Co — Expressing  sympa- 

thy with  murder 
of  white  man 

“ 1.... RILEY,  JOSEPH RusseUviUe,  Logan  Co -Expressing  sympa- 
thy with  murder 

of  white  man 

Oct.  4 ....DAVID  WALLACE , WIFE 

AND  TWO  C HILDRE  N Hickory  Grove,  Simpson  Co Making  threats 

Dec.  17 HILL,  ELMER Monticello,  Wayne  Co Cause  not  given 


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KENTUCKY— Continued 


1909 

Apr.  9....BRAME,  BENJ Hopkinsville,  Christian  Co Attempted  rape 

June  3 ...MAXEY,  JNO Frankfort,  Franklin  Co Murder 

Aug.  10.. ..MILLER,  WALLACE Cadiz,  Trigg  Co Attempted  rape 

1910 

Apr.  1 ....CARROLL Goff. By  night  riders 

1911 

Jan.  15.  PATTERSON,  WADE Shelbyville,  Shelby  Co. Insulting  women 

“ 15  . ..WEST,  JAMES Shelbyville,  Shelby  Co Insulting  women 

“ 15... .MARSHALL,  GENE Shelbyville,  Shelby  Co Murder 

Apr.  21.... POTTER,  WILLIAM Livermore,  McLean  Co Murder 

25  ... FO  UR  U N KNOW N WHIT A’S.Campton,  Wolfe  Co Unknown  cause 

1913 

Sept.  26... .RICHARDSON,  JOSEPH Leitclifield,  Grayson  Co Rape 

1914 

Nov.  13  ... TEN  NEGROES Rochester,  Bulter  Co By  night  riders 

“ 13— ALLEY,  HENRY Hillside,  Muhlenberg  Co By  night  riders 

1915 

Jan.  15....MOLI  N N DRO,  P Lovelaceville,  Ballard  Co— Night  riders 

Feb.  13—  UNDERWOOD,  HO  USTON Irvine,  Estil  Co.— Unknown 

“ 14...  TV  N KER,  THOMAS .... Mayfield,  Graves  Co Murder 

June  4. ...BELL,  ARTHUR Princeton,  Caldwell  Co Rape 

Sept.  10. ...  JO  H NSO  N,  CL  A UDE Hickman,  Fulton  Co Murder 

Nov.  26... .BUCKNER,  ELLIS Henderson,  Henderson  Co Rape 


1916 

Oct.  16— HENLEY,  BROCK __ Paducah,  McCracken  Co.. 

“ 16. -THORNHILL,  JAMES Paducah,  McCracken  Co. 

1917 

Mar.  12  . ..SANDERS,  WILLIAM  Mayville,  Macon  Co 

May  20 ....DEM PSE  Y,  LA  URE  NCE Fulton,  Fulton  Co 


Rape 

Expressing  sympa- 
thy with  Henley 

Robbery 

.Murderous  assault 


LOUISIANA* 

1889 

Jan.  25. ...WAKEFIELD,  SAMUEL New  Iberia,  Iberia  Co Murder 

Feb.  I.... ROSEMOND,  ...New  Iberia,  Iberia  Go Alleged  cattle  stealing 

“ 10. ...HANDY,  HAYWARD Houghton Self-defense 

Apr.  18— HECTOR,  Jr New  Iberia,  Ineria  Co Murder 

“ 19— UNKNOWN  NEGRO Bayou  Desard Rape 

May  18— UNKNOWN  NEGRO Columbia,  Caldwell  Co Burglary 

June  5... .CONLEY,  DICK Tangipahoa,  Tangipahoa  Co Unknown  cause 

“ 5... .HUEY,  Tangipahoa,  Tangipahoa  Co Unknown  cause 

July  12  ...KEYES,  FELIX Lafayette,  Lafayette  Co Murder 

Nov.  18... .UNKNOWN  NEGRO Vidalia,  Goncordia  Co Incendiarism 

1890 

Jan.  3 ...HOLMES,  HENRY.. Bossier  Parish Cause  not  given 

“ 8— WARD,  HENRY Bayou  Sara.  West  Feliciana  Co._ Murder 

Mar.  15  .WILLIAM,  PHILIP Napoleon villo,  Assumption  Co— Rape 

June  16  ... SWAYEY,  GEORGE East  Feliciana Political  causes 

“ 29  . ..COLEMAN,  JOHN  Shreveport,  Caddo  Co Murder 

Aug.  22.. ..ALEXANDER,  WILLIAM Baton  Rouge,  East  Baton 

Rouge  Co Attempted  rape 

1891 

Nov.  21.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Near  Baton  Rouge,  East  Baton 

Rouge  Co Race  prejudice 

Mar.  14  ...SCAFFEDI,  A NTO NIO New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 

“ H....M  ACLEC II  A,  JOSEPH New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 

“ 14 ....MON ASTERO,  PIETRO New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co ..Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 

“ 14. ...COMSO,  JAMES New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 

“ 14.... G’  U ACCI,  TOCCO New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 


*"Co."  should  read  "Parish”  wherever  found. 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


G!) 


LOUISIANA — Continued 


Mar.  14. 

“ 14.  ...MARCH  ESI 


... ROMERO , FRAN  K New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co. Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 

A N TO  N 10. — New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

- to  murder 

14 .. ..TRA  HI  NA,  C II  ARLES. — New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

..  to  murder 

14 .. ..CO  N RI TEZ,  LORETTO New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

„ to  murder 

14  ...DAJ  NETTI,  A N TO  N 10. New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

to  murder 

14 .. ..P  ALITZ,  MAN  UEL New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Alleged  conspiracy 

. _ to  murder 

May  23....  A NDERSO  N,  WILLI  AM, Louisiana  State  Line Rape 

23.. ..A  N I)E  RSO  N,  JOHN Louisiana  State  Line Rape 

- 30...  HAMPTON,  TURNIP Claiborne Larceny 

June  2.. ..HUM MEL,  SAMUEL Point  Cenpee  Parish Murder 

“ 2. ..  CAMPBELL,  ALEX Point  Cenpee  Parish. Accessory  to 

“ 2.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Point  Cenpee  Parish Accessory  to 

_ murder 

R USS,  JOH  N Columbia,  Caldwell  Co Murder 

SNOWDEN, Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Incendiarism 

PARKE,  JACK. Abitz  Springs,  Saint  Tammany  Co Murder 


Oct.  20.. 
“ 30.. 

* 30.. 

* 31.. 
Nov.  4.. 

■ 4.. 

* 10.. 

• 27.. 

Dec.  17 
“ 30.. 


.UNKNOWN  NEGRO Poole’s  Landing ...Cause  unknown 

.SMITH,  J.  T Morehouse  Parish Murder 

.FELTON,  W.  S Morehouse  Parish Murder 

HAGLE,  JOHN  Homer,  Claiborne  Co Unknown  cause 

..MIXY Many,  Sabine  Co ..Rape 

ELY,  JOHN  R Holloway,  Rapides  Co  .Murder 

UNKNOWN  MAN Blackwater,  Comcordia  Co Murder 


Jan..  7....DESCHARNER,  L.  N 

“ 7.  FOSTER,  CALVIN  .. 

“ 9. ...ANDREWS,  NATHAN 

Mar.  13.  ELLA  

“ 2S...  TILLMAN,  JACK 

Apr.  6 FOUR  NEGROES 

“ 23....FREEMA  N.  

“ 27  ...TRAMP 

May  22....A  NEGRO. 

“ 23  . A NEGRO 

June  1 WALKER,  

Sept.  6.  ..LAURENT,  ED 

“ 6 MAGLOIRE,  GABRIEL 

“ 8.  ..DIXON,  SAM... 

* 15  . ..PATTON,  JAMES  _ 

Oct.  6.  WALKER,  BENJAMIN 

“ 25 . ...COURT NE  Y,  JAMES 

Nov.  2... .SON  AND  DAUGHTER 

JOHN  HASTINGS 

“ 5.. ..HASTINGS,  JOHN 

“ 30.  MAGEE,  RICHARD 

* 30....CARMICHAEL,  — 

Dec.  29. ...FOX,  LEWIS 

“ 29....GRIPSON,  ADAM 


Jan.  6 ....LAF ARGUES,  BEN 

“ 21. ...LANDRY,  ROBERT 

“ 21  ....“CHICKEN”  GEORGE 

“ 21...  DAVIS,  RICHARD 

“ 25...  FISHER,  WILLIAM 

May  12.  HALOWAY,  ISRAEL 

July  6...  UNKNOWN  NEGROES 

Aug.  14  . ..SMITH,  MONROE... 

Oct.  24. ...TWO  NEGROES.. 

Dec.  28....GREEN,  TILLMAN 


Jan.  18....UNKN OWN  NEGRO 

Apr.  23  . ..STAN GATE,  SAMUEL 

“ 23....CLAXTON,  THOMAS 

“ 23.. ..HAWKINS,  DAVID... 


1892 


Rayville,  Richland  Co Murder 

Rayville,  Richland  Co Murder 

Caddo  Parish Murder 

Rayville,  Richland  Co Attempted  murder 

Gretna  Parish Race  prejudice 

Fishville Murder 

Smithland Murder 

Point  Conpee Robbery  and 

murder 

Near  Monroe,  Ouachita  Co... Murder 

Near  Bastrop,  Morehouse  Co Murder 

Sparta,  Bienville  Co... Alleged  rape 

Bunkie,  Avoyelles  Co Threats 

Bunkie,  Avoyelles  Co Threats 

Kenner,  Jefferson  Co Attempted  murder 

Bonita,  Morehouse  Co Murder 

Concordia Attempted  rape 

Plaquemine,  Iberville  Co Attempted  rape 

OF 

Calahoula No  offense 

Calahoula Murder 

Benton,  Bossier  Co Murder 

Benton,  Bossier  Co Murder 

Luling,  Saint  Charles  Co Murder 

Luling,  Saint  Charles  Co Murder 

1893 

Avangeles  Parish Murder 

St.  James  Parish. Alleged  murder 

St.  James  Parish. Alleged  murder 

St.  James  Parish. Alleged  murder 

Algiers,  New'  Orleans  Co Murder 

Napoleonville,  Assumption  Co Rape 

Poplar  Head Rape 

Springfield,  Livingston  Co Rape 

Knoxpoint Stealing 

Columbia,  Caldwell  Co Attempted  assault 

1894 

Bayou  Sara,  West  Feliciana  Suspected  incendi- 

Co.  arism 

Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 

Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 

Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 


70  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


LOUISIANA — Continued 

Apr.  27....CLAXTON,  THELL Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 

“ 27...  HARVEY,  SCOTT Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 

“ 27....McCLY,  JERRY..._ Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 

“ 27....CLAXTON,  CAMP Tallulah,  Madison  Co Murder 

May  15...  WILLIAMS,  COAT Pine  Grove,  Saint  Helena  Co Murder 

June  4....UNDERWOOD,  THOMAS Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Murder 

10.... JACOBS,  MARK. Bienville,  Bienville  Co.._ Race  prejudice 

“ 14. ...DAY,  J.  H — Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Suspected  arson 

“ 28....WHITE,  EDWARD— Hudson Attempted  rape 

July  26.... McCLURE,  VANCE New  Iberia,  Iberia  Co Attempted  rape 

Sept.  9.... WAGGONER,  LINK Minden,  Webster  Co Murder 

“ 14...  WILLIAMS,  ROBERT Concordia  Parish. Murder 

Dec.  23  ...KING,  GEORGE New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Assault 

“ 28  ... SHERMAN,  SCOTT. Morehouse  Parish No  offense 

1895 

June  24 ....FR  Y,  JOH  N Gretna,  Jefferson  Co Arson 

July  24....BELZAIRE,  OVIDE Youngsville,  Lafayette  Co Race  prejudice 

Sept.  22.... SMITH,  WILLIAM— Hammond,  Tangipahoa  Co Murder 

“ 26.. ..FRANCIS,  FELICIAN... _ Near  New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co. ..Unknown  offense 


Jan.  10 
“ 12. 
“ 12 
Feb.  29 


1896 

SMART,  A.  L.._ Near  Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Murder 

MORRIS,  MR.  AND  MRS Near  New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Miscegenation 

MORRIS,  PATRICK Near  New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Miscegenation 

FRANCIS,  GILBERT St.  Joseph,  Tensas  Co Robbery  and 

murder 

“ 29 ....FRA  NCIS,  PA  UL St.  James,  St.  James  Co Robbery  and 

assault 

“ 29. ...FRANCIS,  GILBERT St.  James,  St.  James  Co Robbery  and 

assault 

Mar.  16... .LOVE,  BIRD Raybille,  Richland  Co Robbery 

“ 23....PIZER,  ISAAC Near  Shreveport,  Caddo  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 24. ...SENEGAL,  LOUIS Carencro,  Lafayette  Co Rape 

May  19....DAZZELE,  JOSEPH..— St.  Bernard  Parish Attempted  rape 

“ 21. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Bossier  Parish Unknown  offense 

June  12....STARKES,  WALTER. Baldwin,  St.  Mary  Co Rape 

July  13.. ..PORTER,  JAMES Minden,  Webster  Co Murder 


“ 13  ...RENDRICK,  COURTNEY 

“ 15  . JAMES,  FRANK 

Monroe,  Ouachita  Co 

.Murderous  assault 
Murder 

“ 27.— McGEE,  ISAAC 

Rape 

Aug.  3....M  ULLE  N,  LOUIS 

Attempted  rape 

“ 5...  WEIGHTMAN,  HIRAM 

.Attempted  murder 
Murder 

“ 9 ...SALADI  NO,  L 

“ 9 ...LOCENO,  DEC I MO 

Murder 

“ 9. ...MARC  U SO,  ANGELO 

Murder 

Sept.  i6  McCauley,  james 

Rape 

“ 24... .HAWKINS,  ALEXANDER 

Oct.  9 HAMILTON,  LOUIS 

Gretna,  Jefferson  Co 

Arson 

Dec.  22  BURKE,  JERRY 

Clio,  Livingston  Co.._ 

.Attempted  murder 

Jan.  17  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

1897 

“ 19  WILLIAMS,  GUS. 

“ 19. ..JOINER,  ARCHIE- 

Murder 

“ 19..  JOHNSON,  GUS.  ._ 

May  15...  JACKSON,  CHARLES 

Redwood 

Train-wrecking 

July  13....THOMPSON,  ATTICUS 

“ 24  DAVIS,  JACK- 

Forest,  West  Carroll  Co 

Baldwin,  Saint  Mary  Co 

woman 
Rape 

Aug.  10 . ..GORDON,  JOHN— 

...Murder 

Oct.  1... OLIVER,  WM Jefferson 


For  disobeying 

ferry  regulations 

“ 2 FURRAN,  WASH Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Rape 

“ 15  BOLTE,  DOUGLAS Quarantine,  Plaquemines  Co.  Running 

Dec.  13  ALEXANDER,  JAMES Near  Plaquemine,  Iberville  Co.  Murder 

“ 13  ALEXANDER,  CHARLES Near  Plaquemine,  Iberville  Co Murder 

“ 13.. ..THOMAS,  JOSEPH Near  Plaquemine,  Iberville  Co Murder 


1898 

Mar.  9 HARRIS,  WILLIAM Near  New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Robbery 

“ 9....PIGGE,  ANDREW Near  New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co. Robbery 

Apr.  2 BELL,  WILLIAM Amite,  Tangipahoa  Co Murder 

“ 26  LEWIS,  COLUMBUS Lincoln  Parish Resisting  arrest 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


71 


LOUISIANA — Continued 

May  6....BURREL,  DENNIS New  Orleans,  Orleans  Co Murder 

June  3.... STREET,  WILLIAM.... ..  Doylinn,  Webster  Co Attempted  murder 

“ 15 — NEGRO Oak  Ridge,  Morehouse  Co Assault  on  officer 

Nov.  17.. ..MORRELL,  CHARLES Edgard,  St.  John  the  Baptist  Co Burglary 

Dec.  6...  HEARN,  Benton,  Bossier  Co... Murder 

“ 6.. ..RICHARDSON,  Benton,  Bossier  Co Murder 


1899 

June  14. ...GRAY,  EDWARD St.  Peter Race  prejudice 

July  10  ...JONES,  GEORGE._ St.  Charles  ParislL No  offense 

“ 10 — SMI T a,  81 Gainsville. Murder 

“ 21....CERE NO,  JO — Talullah,  Madison  ( '<> Accomplice  in 

murder 

“ 21....DEFALT A,  C H ARLES Talullah,  Madison  Co Accomplice  in 

murder 

*“  21  ....DEFALT A,  FRANK Talullah,  Madison  Co Accomplice  in 

murder 

* 21. ...DEFALTA,  JO Talullah,  Madison  Co Accomplice  in 

murder 

“ 21. ... DEFERROC  H,  S Y Talullah,  Madison  Co Accomplice  in 

murder 

“ 27.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Lindsay,  East  Feliciana  Co. ..Mistaken  identity 

Aug.  9. ...BROWN,  ECHO Amite  City Various  crimes 

“ 11...  SINGLETON,  MAN Grant  Point Attempted  rape 

Oct.  10. ...L.4 PLACE,  BASIL St.  James  Parish Unknown  offense 

“ 15. ...SMITH  JAMES  L Wilson,  East  Feliciana  Co Desperado 

Dec.  13.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Jones,  Morehouse  Co Rape 


Apr.  22....HUGERLY,  JOHN 

“ 22  ...AMES,  EDWARD 

May  15  ..  HARRIS,  HENRY 

June  12  ...COBB,  SETH 

* 23 ....GILMORE.  FRANK 

Sept.  1....AMOS,  THOMAS  J 

“ 21....BICKHAM,  GEORGE 

“ 21....BOWMAN,  NATHANIEL. 

“ 21. ...ELLIOTT,  CHARLES. 

* 21....ROLLINS,  ISAIAH  

Oct.  19.... JOHN SON,  NUBRY 


Jan.  24— UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Feb.  17... .JACKSON,  THOMAS 

“ 21.  VITAL,  THOMAS 

Mar.  5...  DAVIS,  WILLIAM 

May  4 ...BRIGMAN,  FELTON 
“ 4....JOHNSON,  GRANT 

June  5— DICKSON,  “DIC”. 

“ 20...  SMITH,  PROPHET 

* 20. ...MOLAND,  F.  C 

July  15  THOMAS,  LOUIS- 

“ 19. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Sept.  1 WEST,  SAM._ 

Oct.  12. ...MORRIS,  WILLIAM 

Nov.  24 THOMPSON,  FRANK. 

Dec.  7 .... POYDRASS,  SAM. 


Jan.  26....TWO  NEGROES.-. 

Feb.  20.... BIBB,  OLIVER. 

Mar.  19_.  WOOD  WARD,  JOHN.. 

Apr.  1.... FRANKLIN,  GEO 

“ 10.. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

May  4 ....SIMS.  JOHN 

“ 13... DUBLANO,  NICHOLAS— 

Sept.  8....MOBLEY,  WM 

Oct.  17...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
Nov.  26...  LAMB,  JOSEPH 


1900 

Allentown Plot  to  kill  whites 

Allentown Plot  to  kill  whites 

Lena,  Rapides  Co Attempted  rape 

Dev  ail  Bluff Making  threats 

Livingston  Parish Rape 

Cheneyville,  Rapides  Parish. Murder 

Ponchatonla,  Tangipahoa  Parish. Burglary 

Ponchatonla,  Tangipahoa  Farish Burglary 

Ponchatonla,  Tangipahoa Burglary 

Ponchatonla,  Tangipahoa  Parish Burglary 

Near  Baton  Rouge,  East 

Baton  Rouge  Parish Murder 


1901 

—Doylands Rape 

..St.  Peter,  St.  Landry  Parish Murder 

..Fenton,  Jefferson  Davis  Co Rape 

-Blanchard,  Caddo  Co Rape 

..Rodessa,  Caddo  Co... Rape 

..Alden  Bridge,  Bossier  Co For  keeping  a gamb- 

ling house 

..Minden,  Webster  Co Murder 

..Bossier,  Bossier  Co Murder 

..Bossier,  Bossier  Co Murder 

..Girard,  Richland  Co Theft 

..Crowley,  Acadia  Parish Resisting  arrest 

,.E.  La.  Parish Attempted  rape 

..Ball  town Rape 


...Lake  Charles,  Calcasieu  Co... 

....Murderous  assault 

1902 

Murder 

Accessory  to 

murder 

Murder 

...Oak  Ridge,  Morehouse  Co- 
...Loreauville,  Iberia  Co 

.Sheltering  murderer 
..Attempted  criminal 
assault 

.Attempted  rape 

...Calcasieur  Parish.  

Murder 

..Francisville Attempted  rape 


72  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


LOUISIANA — Continued 


1903 

Jan.  19....UNKN0WN  WHITE  MA  N .Locality  undetermined Unknown  offense 

“ 26....MOMAS,  JOSEPH.. Luling,  Saint  Charles  Co Murder 

Feb.  7.  LEE,  CORNELIUS Plaquemine,  Iberville  Co Murderous  assault 

June  12.. ..DUPREE,  FRANK Forest  Hill,  Rapides  Co Murder 

“ 24. ...HARRIS,  JACK. Concordia  Parish Assault  on  white 

man 

“ 24  . ..WHITTLE,  LAMB Concordia  Parish. Assault  on  white 

man 

July  26....STURS,  JENNIS... Near  Shreveport,  Caddo  Co Murder 

Oct.  10. ...KENNY,  GEORGE Taylor  Town,  Bossier  Co Threats  to  kill 

Nov.  2....CRADDVELS,  JOSEPH Taylor  Town,  Bossier  Co Murder 

Dec.  27...  CARR,  JAMES Millview.__ Murder 

• 

1904 

May  8. ...PIPER,  FRANK. Alexandria,  Rapides  Co Making  threats 

Sept.  18 ....ALLISO N , JOHN McGhees  Station Murder 


1905 


Apr.  26 - CRAIGHEAD,  R 

Homer,  Claiborne  Co 

Aug.  12...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO  

Eros,  Jackson  Co 

Murder 

Nov.  20.  WILLIAMS,  MONSIE 

Tangipahoa,  Tangipahoa  Co. 

Attempted  rape 

Feb.  24...  PAGE,  WILTZIE 

Mar.  18.... CARR,  WM 

1906 

Bienville,  Bienville  Co 

Suspected  rape 

Theft 

“ 28.  ..  “COTTON”  . 

Carrolle,  Red  River  Co 

May  8. ...WHITNEY,  GEO. 

“ 23  JACKSON,  THOS. 

“ 29  ROGERS,  R.  T 

Tallulah,  Madison  Co 

Murder 

Aug.  26....SHAUFILET,  ALFRED 

Nov.  29  . DOMINGO,  ANTON 

Calhoun,  Ouachita  Co 

Lafayette,  Lafayette  Co 

Disorderly  conduct 

1907 

Mar.  15....WILLIAMS,  FLINT Monroe,  Ouachita  Co.._ Murder 

“ 15...  GARDNER,  HENRY. Monroe,  Ouachita  Co.. Murder 

Apr.  16...  STRAUSS,  CHAS Bunkie,  Avoyelles  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 17. ...KILBOURNE,  FRED... Clinton,  East  Feliciana  Co Attempted  rape 

May  3....EALY,  SILAS Bossiers’  City,  Bossier  Co Rape 

June  1 ...JOHNSON,  HENRY.  .. Echo,  Rapides  Co... Attempted  rape 

“ 10...  WILSON,  JAS Gibsland,  Bienville  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 28.  ..JACKSON,  MATHIAS Near  Alexandria,  Rapides  Co Rape 

“ 28.  DORANS,  RALPH Ruby,  Rapides  Co — Rape 

Dec.  13...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Mer  Rouge,  Morehouse  Co.. ..Murderous  assault 


1908 

Feb.  5 . ..MITCHELL,  ROBERT.. Oak  Grove,  West  Carroll  Co — Murder 

June  4 ...COOPER,  BIRD Homer,  Claiborne  Co Murder 

July  18...  THREE  UNNAMED  NEGROES.  Jonesville,  Catahoula  Co Suspected  arson 

Aug.  3...  HARRIS,  ANDREW Bethany,  Caddo  Co Attempted  rape 

Sept.  19.... MILES,  JOHN Locality  undetermined Robbery  and 

assault 

Oct.  12...  HECTOR,  NICHOLAS New  Iberia,  Iberia  Co Desperado 

1909 

July  30.  ANTOINE,  EMILE Grand  Prairie Murder 

“ 30  . ..THOMAS,  ONEXZIME.. Grand  Prairie Murder 

Aug.  15.. ..UNNAMED  NEGRO Morehouse  Parish Bringing  suit 

against  white  man 

“ 24.  WAY,  WM Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Murderous  assault 

Sept.  8 HILL,  HENRY Mangham,  Richland  Co Rape 

Oct.  1....ARD,  APS  Near  Grccnsburg,  Saint  Helena  Co Murder 

“ 12 ....RODRIGUEZ,  MICHAEL Slabtown Robbery 

“ 27. ...GIFFORD,  JOSEPH Floyd,  West  Carroll  Co Murder 

“ 27.. ..HILL,  ALEX Floyd,  West  Carroll  Co Murder 

Nov.  20.  . ESTES,  JAMES  Delhi,  Richland  Co.. Murder 

“ 27.. ..RACHEL,  HENRY Shreveport,  Caddo  Co Rape 


Mur.  14  DENTON,  ELY 

July  10. ...FREEMAN,  J.  D. 


1910 

Rayville,  Richland  Co 

Rayville,  Richland  Co 


Murder 

Not  given 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


73 


• 25. 

May  3. 


LOUISIANA — Continued 

Aug.  25..  PORTER,  LAURA  Monroe,  Ouachita  Co Keeping  disrepu- 

table house 

Sept.  14....GLOVER,  ISAAC Springfield,  Livingston  Co Murder 

1911 

Jan.  20...  POULSON,  OVAL Opelousas,  Saint  Landry  Co Murder 

July  24. ...TAYLOR,  MILES Claibourne  Parish Murder 

Sept.  15—.BYRD,  WALTER Winnsboro,  Franklin  Co Murderous  assault 

Nov.  8. ...NIXON,  WILLIAM  Delhi,  Richland  Co— Murder 

1912 

Apr.  9 . ..MILES,  THOMAS Shreveport,  Caddo  Co Insulting  white 

women 

UNNAMED Delhi,  Richland  Co Unnamed  offense 

ALLUMS,  ERNEST Locality  undetermined— Insulting  white 

women 

Sept.  25....  JOHNSON,  SAM Grand  Cane,  De  Soto  Co Murder 

Nov.  28... -BURKE,  WOOD Benton,  Bossier  Co. Murderous  assault 

* 28. ...HEARD,  JAS.. Benton,  Bossier  Co Murderous  assault 

“ 28...  JIMMERSON,  SILAS  Benton.  Bossier  Co Murderous  assault 

Dec.  28....CADORE  “NORM”  Baton  Rouge,  East  Baton Murder 

Rouge  Co. 

1913 

Aug.  27  ...COMEAUX,  JAMES Jennings,  Jefferson  Davis  Co. ..Murderous  assault 

Oct.  22  . ..EATON,  WARREN Monroe,  Ouachita  Parish Insulting  white 

woman 

Dec.  16...  WILLIAMS,  ERNEST Blanchard,  Caddo  Co Murder 

“ 16. ...WILLIAMS,  FRANK Blanchard,  Caddo  Co Murder 

1914 

May  7 UNKNOWN  NEGRO St.  James,  St.  James  Co. Murder 

“ 12  . ..HAMILTON,  EDWARD Shreveport,  Caddo  Parish Rape 

Aug.  7....GRIFFIN,  PRESTO Munroe,  Ouachita  Parish Murder 

* 7. ...GRIFFIN,  CHARLES Munroe,  Ouachita  Parish Murder 

* 7. ...HOLMES,  HENRY Munroe,  Ouchaita  Parish Murder 

* 9. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Munroe,  Ouachita  Parish Suspicion  of  murder 

* 12...  ROMEO,  Slidell,  St.  Tammany  Co Murder 

Dec.  2 . ..LEWIS,  TOBE Sylvester  Station Murder 

* 2...  DURDEN,  MUNROE Sylvester  Station Murder 

* 3...  McKNIGHT,  KANE Sylvester  Station Murder 

“ 1 1...  WASHINGTON,  CHARLES Mooringsport,  Caddo  Parish  Murder 

* 11  ...HENDERSON,  BREAD Mooringsport,  Caddo  Parish Murder 

“ 12.... LEWIS,  WATKINS Shreveport,  Caddo  Parish Murder 

1915 

July  16...  COLLINS,  THOMAS Bunkie,  Aroyelles  Co Murderous  assault 

Aug.  21...  UNNAMED  NEGRO Grand  Bayou,  Red  River  Co .Attempted  rape 

“ 26....UNNAMED  NEGRO Conshama Attempted  rape 

1916 

May  25... .TALLY,  U.  G McNary,  Rapides  Co Attempted  rape 

Aug.  29...  HAMMETT,  JESS Vivian,  Caddo  Co Attempted  rape 

1917 

Mar.  1...  HOOPER,  EMMA  Hammond,  Tangipahoa  Parish Murder 

May  11. ...BROOKS,  HENRY Shreveport,  Caddo  Parish-Intimacy  with  white 

woman 

July  10....RUFFIN,  MARVEL  Edgard,  Baptist  Parish Vagrancy 

“ 29...  ROUT,  DANIEL -Amite,  Tangipahoa  Co Murder 

* 29...  ROUT,  JERRY  Amite,  Tangipahoa  Co Murder 

Oct.  12...  JOHNSON,  FRED New  Orleans,  Orleans  Parish Robbery 


Aug.  —....HIGGINS,  LOUIS.. 


MAINE 

1907 

Bancroft,  Aroostook  Co.. 


..Rape 


MARYLAND 

1889 

Dec.  3 -..VERMILLION,  JOSEPH Marlboro -Arson 

1891 

May  12....GREEN,  ASBURY Centerville,  Queen  Annes  Co Rape 


74  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


MARYLAND — Continued 


May  18. 
Oct.  20. 


May  27.. 
July  2. 
Nov.  17. 


June  9.. 


May  26.. 
Oct.  2.. 


Mar.  26. 


June  14. 
Dec.  21. 


July  28. 
Oct.  5. 


Mar.  8.. 
Dec.  25. 

May  27. 
Sept.  2. 
Aug.  29. 


May  6. 
“ 28. 


Sept.  10.. 


Feb. 


Juno 


.TAYLOR,  JAMES 

1892 

. . .Rape 

..WILLIAMS,  

1894 

Upper  Marlboro,  Prince 

Georges  Co 

..HENSON,  JACOB  

1895 

..PRICE,  AIARSHAL  C 

BOWENS,  JAMES 

1897 

..ANDERSON,  WILLIAM 

..KING,  GARFIELD 

1898 

Salisbury,  Wicomico  Co 

..SMITH,  WRIGHT 

..HARRIS,  LEWIS 

1900 

Rape 

WATSON,  ED 

1906 

Pocomoke  City,  Worcester 

Co 

..DAVIS,  HENRY 

Rape 

REED,  JAS. 

1907 

!....Murder 

.BURNS,  WM. 

1909 

..RAMSAY,  WM 

Unnamed  cause 

DAVIS,  KING 

1911 

MARTIN,  ALBERT 

MICHIGAN 

1889 

..TWO  UNKNOWN  TRAMPS 

1891 

..LABARGE,  JOHN 

1902 

..DEMEAN,  JOHN 

MINNESOTA 

1893 

ment 

..AN  INDIAN 

Cass  Lake,  Cass  Co 

...TWO  TRAMPS 

1896 

Glencoe,  McLeod  Co 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

MISSISSIPPI 

1889 

SMITH,  D.  H. 

WESLEY,  THOMAS 

.....  Attempted  rape 

PERKINS,  

Port  Gibson,  Claiborne  Co 

MITCHELL,  JAMES 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

HERRON.  ROBERT 

Eureka 

Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


75 


July  12.. 
* 16.. 
“ 20.. 

* 31.. 
Aug.  14.. 

" 23.. 

* 30.. 
Sept.  9.. 

" 12.. 
Oct.  12.. 
“ 21.. 
" 26.. 
Nov.  15.. 
“ 16.. 

* 16- 


Mar.  2.. 
May  22.. 
June  3.. 
Sept.  4. 
* 11.. 
■ 11.. 
Nov.  14. 
“ 18- 
Dec.  7.. 
* 9.. 


MISSISSIPPI— Continued 

.LUSTER,  PRINCE Iuka,  Tishomingo  Co Rape 

BURRES,  SWAN Iuka,  Tishomingo  Co Murder 

THREE  NEGROES  (3) Clinton,  Hinds  Co Murder 

.TALBOT,  THOS Kemper  Co Rape 

.BOWEN,  KEITH  Aberdeen,  Monroe  Co Rape 

.LEWIS,  SHERMAN  Luccalena . ..Rape 

.HARRIS,  T HOMAS Amory,  Monroe  Co Suspected  burglar 

ALLEN,  GEORGE Le  Flore  Co ..Incendiarism 

MORTIMER,  LEWIS Shell  Mound,  Letlroy  Co Murder 

ROBERT,  BIGGS Hernando,  De  Soto  Co. Rape 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO Lake  Comorant,  De  Soto  Co Rape 

HARROLD,  JOSEPH  Near  Columbus,  Loundes  Co Rape 

STANFORD  BROTHERS  (2) Hazelhurst,  Copiali  Co Murder 

WASHINGTON,  GEORGE Magnolia,  Pike  Co Attempted  rape 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO Hazelhurst,  Copiali  Co Murder 

1890 

MARTIN,  BURKE  Greenville,  Washington  Co Murder 

ANDERSON,  GRANT Columbus,  Loundes  Co Alleged  rape 

STEVENSON,  GEORGE Hattiesburg,  Forrest  Co Alleged  rape 

ROGERS,  JOHN Water  Valley,  Yalobusha  Co Attempted  rape 

CRUMP,  STEPHEN Amory,  Monroe  Co Rape 

BOLTER,  GEORGE -Amory,  Monroe  Co Rape 

McGREGORY,  Water  Valley,  Yalobusha  Co Rape 

WALLACE,  SANDY Longstown Rape 

MARTIN,  DENNIS Roebuck  Landing Murder 

LEMON,  MOSES Roebuck  Landing Threats 

1891 


“ 3—  V N K NOW  N WHITE  MAN. 

“ 10— UNKNOWN  INDIAN 

.Neshoba  Co 

Feb.  6..  . JACKSON,  GREEN  

“ 16.  BROWN,  WILLIAM  

Roxie,  Franklin  Co 

“ 19.  .. BULL,  JOHN  (Indian) 

Murder 

Mar.  7...  HODGE,  LOUIS 

.Attempted  rape 

Apr.  21... CURTIS,  CHAS 

May  2— WALTERS,  MONROE 

.Liberty,  Amite  Co 

Hudson 

“ 11—  BARRENTINE,  JOHN 

“ 11— LEE,  WESLEY..  

“ 11  WALKER,  MONROE 

.Loundes  Co 

June  15— UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Rape 

July  1— GATES,  WILLIAM 

Rape 

“ 6.  .. CENTRY,  HENRY  

Murder 

“ 7.  .. DOUGLAS,  WALLACE 

“ 14— GILLESPIE,  SAM  

.Whitaker  Station,  Wilkinson  Co. 

Robbery 

Aug.  24.  .. ANDREWS,  LUCIUS 

Sept.  1 ...MURRELL,  ANDREW 

.Magnolia,  Pike  Co 

..Bad  reputation 

“ 5— UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 28  STEVENSON,  LOUISE 

Hollandale,  Washington  Co 

murder 
...Race  prejudice 

Nov.  22— GLADNEY,  DANIEL 

“ 30.... RAINSEY,  ARTHUR 

Dec.  20— NEGRO 

.Meridian,  Lauderdale  Co 

.Meridian.  Lauderdale  Co 

...Race  prejudice 

Feb.  28..  . ROBINSON,  JOHN 

Mar.  8— RICE,  JOHN 

“ 8....CENTER,  RICHARD 

May  2....A  NEGRO 

June  19— JOHNSON,  JOHN..  

July  5..  . TOOLEY,  SMITH 

“ 19.  DAVIS,  DOC, 

Aug.  14...  MAGEE,  PORT.  

Oct.  5. ...FOUR  DESPERADOES  (4) 
“ 6... .TWO  DESPERADOES  (2).. 

Nov.  8 ....TALBERT,  JAMES 

Dec.  15.  .. NEGRO  CONVICT 


Jan.  30— CARR,  THOMAS 

Feb.  9— HARREL,  FRANK 

“ 9...  FELDER,  

“ 16— FORMAN,  RICHARD 

July  12. ...FLEMMING,  HENRY 
Aug.  22— HART,  CHARLES 


1892 

.Shaw  Station,  Bolivar  Co Robbery 

Boyle  Station,  Bolivar  Co Incendiarism 

.Boyle  Station,  Bolivar  Co Incendiarism 

..Greenville,  Washington  Co Rape 

.McComb  City,  Pike  Co Murder 

.Vicksburg,  Warren  Co Murder 

.Near  Jackson,  Hinds  Co Rape 

..Westville Suspicion  of  rape 

..Near  Beandon,  Rankin  Co 

Copiah  Co 

.Fort  Stephens Murder 

..Greenwood,  Leflore  Co Murder 

1893 

..Kosciuscko,  Attala  Co Race  prejudice 

..Dickey, Incendiarism 

..Dickey Incendiarism 

..Near  Grenada,  Grenada  Co Burglary 

..Columbus,  Loundes  Co Murder 

..Lyons,  Station,  Coahoma  Co Race  prejudice 


76  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


MISSISSIPPI— Continued 


Sept.  8.. ..JACKSON  BENJAMIN.. 

“ 11  SMITH,  FRANK 

“ 15. ...JACKSON,  BENJAMIN 

“ 15... .JACKSON,  MAHALA.... 

“ 15. ..CARTER,  LOUISA  (F).. 

“ 15....HEALEY,  W.  A. 

“ 15....BEAGLEY,  RUFUS 

Dec.  23  . ..ALLEN  SLOAN 

“ 23... .UNKNOWN  NEGRO 


Mar.  30  ...SAYBRICK 

May  7 ...  HICKS,  A 

“ 29  SMITH,  HENRY  

June  4..  MURDOCK,  READY 

“ 9. ..WILLIAMS,  LEWIS 

“ 15...  THOMAS,  LUKE 

“ 28.. ..LINTON,  GEORGE.  

July  6..  . POND,  GEORGE 

“ 6.  HOOD,  

“ 6 ...BARKHEAD,  LEWIS 

“ 7...  POND,  AUGUSTUS 

“ 14. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 20. ..MYERS,  ALLEN 

“ 24.  . UNKNOWN  WOMAN  (F) 

Dec.  26...  CARTER,  WILLIAM 


Jan.  7.. ..COSTELLO,  SPENCER. 

Mar.  29...  BETAT,  ROBERT 

May  23.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

June  17 ...DAWSON , R.  W 

“ 19.. ..CHANDLER,  WILLIAM 

“ 29  BOWEN,  THOMAS 

July  6.  PICKET,  THEODORE 
“ 18. ...THOMAS,  ANDREW 

“ 25.  JOHNSON,  THOMAS  .. 

“ 28.  BURWELL,  CHARLES.. 

Sept.  2. ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Nov.  29....  YARBORO  UGH,  


.Quincy,  Monroe  Co.. 
.Newton,  Newton  Co. 
.Jackson,  Hinds  Co.... 

.Jackson,  Hinds  Co.... 

Jackson,  Hinds  Co.... 

Jackson,  Hinds  Co... 

.Jackson,  Hinds  Co-.. 

.West,  Holmes  Co 

.Fannin,  Rankin  Co.. 


Murder 

Attempted  rape 

Alleged  well 

poisoning 

Alleged  well 

poisoning 

Alleged  well 

poisoning 

.Alleged  well 

poisoning 

Alleged  well 

poisoning 
..Suspected  murder 
.Suspected  robbery 


1894 

..Fishers  Ferry 

.Rocky  Springs,  Claiborne  Co. 

..Clinton,  Hinds  Co 

..Yazoo  City,  Yazoo  Co 

..Hewitt  Springs 

..Biloxi,  Harrison  Co 

..Brookhaven,  Lincoln  Co 

..Fulton,  Itawamba  Co 

..Amite  Co 

..Amite  Co 

..Tupelo,  Lee  Co 

..Biloxi,  Harrison  Co 

..Rankin  Co 

..Simpson  Co 

..Winston  Co 


Murder 

..Suspected  arson 

Burglary 

Alleged  rape 

Alleged  rape 

Murder 

..Attempted  rape 
..Attempted  rape 

Murder 

Rape 

..Attempted  rape 
..Attempted  rape 

Conjuring 

....Race  prejudice 
Murder 


1895 

..Flora,  Madison  Co Murder  and 

Robbery 

.Bluff  Creek Arson 

.Rodney,  Jefferson  Co Rape 

.Natchez,  Adams  Co Murder 

.Abbeyviile,  Lafayette  Co Attempted  rape 

.Brook  Haven,  Lincoln  Co Rape 

.Jackson,  Hinds  Co Larceny 

.Scranton Rape 

.Hattiesburg,  Forrest  Co Murder 

Meridian,  Lauderdale  Co Assault 

.Simpson  Co Miscegenation 

.Crystal  Springs,  Copiak  Co Murder 


1896 

Apr.  3...  MAYBERRY,  HARVEY Teysels Rape 

June  27....YOUNG,  PERRY Winona,  Montgomery  Co Rape 

Oct.  21 A NEGRO Sunnyside Murder 

Nov.  18.. ..COLLIER,  MIMMS Steenston Attempted  rape 


1897 

Jan.  10...  TWO  NEGROES  (2) Vardaman,  Calhoun  Co Murder  and 

robbery 

. HENDERSON,  PETER Ittabena,  Leflore  Co Murder  and  assault 

HOLLINSHEAD,  T.  W Waynesboro,  Wayne  Co Informer 

HAINES,  — — Bolen,  Quitman  Co Murder 


“ 20. 
Mar.  28 
Apr.  3. 
“ 10. 
“ 16. 
May  27 
June  25. 
“ 28. 


UNKNOWN  NEGRO Near  Vicksburg,  Warren  Co Unknown  offense 

..EVANS,  JESSE Edwards,  Hinds  Co Rape 

COOPER,  JAMES Hemlock Attempted  murder 

MOSES,  JOHN  M Crystal  Springs,  Copiah  Co Murder 

..GILIAM,  PARY Aberdeen,  Monroe  Co Robbery  and 

assault 


Oct.  6 CROWER,  HENRY 

Rape 

“ 16  WILLIAM'S,  WILLIAM 

Rape 

Dec.  10  JONES,  CHAS. 

“ 16  WALLER,  THOMAS 

“ 27  HOPKINS,  JAMES  

Near  Brookhaven,  Lincoln  Co.. 

Murder 

Jan.  1 JONES,  JAMES 

1898 

Macon,  Noxubee  Co 

Arson 

“ 7 WATTS,  JAMES 

I’ea  Ridge 

Insults 

Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


77 


MISSISSIPPI— Continued 

Jan.  7 . COLE,  SAM Pea  Ridge Insults 

“ 26 PEARSON,  MAR  Y Near  Natohes,  Adams  Co Murder 

Mar.  2. ...MOORE,  FREDERICK  . Senatobia,  Tate  Co.  Murder 

“ 6 . JONES,  WILLIAM Lake  Cormorant  ... Rape 

“ 20  ...ANDERSON,  ALEX Grenada,  Grenada  Co Attempted  rape 

July  12  GOULD,  WESLEY  Inland,  Washington  Co Mistaken  identity 

“ 19.  PATTERSON,  WM WestvUle Murder 

Aug.  11.  WALKER,  MULLOCH  Corinth,  Alcorn  Co.  Highway  robbery 

Nov.  27.. ..THREE  NEGROES  (3)  Near  Meridian,  Lauderdale  Co.  Assaulting  white 

man 

Deo.  6.. ..WHITE,  Tallahatchie  Co Murder 


Mar.  11 
“ 23. 

“ 23. 

“ 23 

Apr.  6. 
“ 6. 
June  11 
“ 20. 
July  24. 

* 25 

* 26. 
Aug.  11 
Sept.  6. 

“ 20 
Oct.  21 
Dec.  23. 
“ 23. 


Mar.  4.. 

“ 10. 

* 27. 
Apr.  16. 

“ 19. 

May  1.. 

“ 1... 

“ 7.. 

“ 16.. 

June  3. 

“ 10.. 
Aug.  13.. 
Sept.  12. 

“ 14. 

“ 14.. 

* 14. 
Oct.  23.. 
Nov.  8.. 
Dec.  19.. 

“ 20. 


1S99 

..ALLEN,  THOMAS McGee Unknown  offense 

..BOYD,  WILLIS.. Silver  City.  Yazoo  Co Race  prejudice 

REED,  C.  C Silver  City,  Yazoo  Co Race  prejudice 

WILSON,  MINOR  Silver  City,  Yazoo  Co.  Race  prejudice 

JAMESON,  FOREST  Brookfield  . Murder 

ANDERSON,  MOSES  Brookfield Murder 

..BROOKS,  SIMON  Sardis.  Panola  Co Robbery 

PATRICK,  DANIEL  Scranton Rape 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO Pushington.  Rape 

NOARK,  HENRY  ...Hattiesburg,  Forrest  Co.  Attempted  rape 

HAYES,  STANLEY Near  Brandon,  Rankin  Co.  Attempted  rape 

WILSON,  WILLIAM  Port  Gibson,  Claiborne  Co.  Attempted  rape 

STERN,  WILLIAM Rosemeath Murder 

..OTIS,  WILLIAM Rawles  Springs,  Forrest  Co.  Unknown  offense 

. LUFLORE,  JOSEPH St.  Anne Arson  and  murder 

MARTIN,  JAMES  B Is  Co.  Murder 

..WEST,  FRANK Bolton,  Hinds  Co Murder 

1900 

..CROSBY,  JAMES Tutwiler,  Tallahatchie  Co Threats  to  kill 

..CLAYTON,  THOMAS Hernando,  De  Soto  Co Rape 

..EDWARD,  WILLIAM Deep  Creek  Bridge,  Perry  Co Murder 

...YORK,  MOSES Near  Tunica,  Tunica  Co Murder 

McAFEE,  HENRY Brownsville,  Hinds  Co Attempted  rape 

..RATCLIFF,  HENRY Gloster,  Amite  Co Attacking  white 

man 

.GORDON,  GEORGE Albin,  Tallahatchie  Co Attacking  white 

man 

UNKNOWN  NEGRO Amity  Co No  offense 

HINSON,  SAMUEL Cushtusha  Assault 

PETE,  DAGO Tutwiler,  Tallahatchie  Co Rape 

ASKEW,  Mississippi,  Harrison  Co. Suspected  murder 

..BETTS,  JACK Corinth,  Alcorn  Co Rape 

..FLOYD,  ZED Tunica,  Tunica  Co Murder 

BROWN,  FRANK Tunica,  Tunica  Co Murder 

..BROWN,  WILLIAM Tunica,  Tunica  Co Murder 

..MOORE,  DAVID Tunica,  Tunica  Co Murder 

..BARNES,  GLOSTER Near  Vicksburg,  Warren  Co Murder 

..NABORS,  KIT Coahoma,  Coahoma  Co Murder 

TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES  (2). Arcadia,  Issaquena  Co Murder 

..LEWIS,  Gulfport,  Harrison  Co Murder 


1901 

Feb.  1.  . MATTHEWS,  WARNER Ocean  Springs,  Jackson  Co. 

“ 18....ISHAM,  FRED Macon,  Noxubee  Co 

“ 1S....ISHAM,  HENRY Macon,  Noxubee  Co.  

“ 26 KNOX,  JOHN ..Scranton,  Jackson  Co 

Mar.  20. ...BELL,  TERRY Terry,  Hinds  Co 

May  22....CALVERT,  MILT Griffith 

July  11....THREE  SUSPECTED  CAT- 
TLE THIEVES  (3) Erwin,  Washington  Co 

“ 11....AM EO,  JOHN  AND  VICTOR 

(2) Erwin,  Washington  Co 

“ 20.... PHILI PS,  JESSE  P Cleveland,  Bolivar  Co 

Aug.  l....McCRAY,  BETSY Carrolton,  Carroll  Co 

“ 1. ..McCRAY,  IDA Carrolton,  Carroll  Co 

* 1.... McCRAY,  BELFIELD Carrolton,  Carrol  Co 

“ 4. ...PRICE,  WILLIAM Carrolton,  Carrol  Co 

Sept.  1....HILL,  RICHARD Philadelphia,  Neshoba  Co.. 

Nov.  4. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Perry  Co 


Rape 

Arson 

Arson 

Murder 

..Race  prejudice 
.Attempted  rape 


Murder 

Implicated  in 

murder 

Implicated  in 

murder 

Implicated  in 

murder 
.Alleged  complicity 
in  murder 

Murder 

Rape 


78  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


MISSISSIPPI — Continued 
1902 

May  13  . ..MULLER,  HORACE Cookamie  Co Attempted  murder 

July  15....0DY,  WILLIAM Clayton,  Tunica  Co .Attempted  rape 

July  20.. ..TWO  NEGROES ..Cross  Roads Race  prejudice 

Aug.  4. ...McDANIEL,  JOHN Smithdale,  Amite  Co Lawlessness 

“ 17....JOHNSON,  CHAS _ Walnut  Grove,  Leake  Co Rape 

Sept.  28 CLARK,  THOMAS Corinth,  Alcorn  Co Murder 

Oct.  20— UNKNOWN  NEGRO Estabutchie,  Jones  Co Attempted  rape 

Nov.  1...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Darling,  Quitman  Co Murder 

“ 20... .YOUNGBLOOD,  JOHN Summit,  Pike  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

“ 20.... UNKNOWN  NEGRO Summit,  Pike  Co Complicity  in 

murder 


1903 

Jan.  10  . ..HOLLINS,  JOHN Drew,  Sunflower  Co -Attempted  assault 

May  3.— BRYANT,  ROBERT Vicksburg,  Warren  Co —Murder 

“ 20....HART,  MOSE Corinth,  Alcorn  Co Murderous  assault 

“ 28..-UNKNOWN  NEGRO Woodville,  Wilkinson  Co -Arson 

June  4....DENNIS,  ROBERT Greenville,  Washington  Co Alleged  rape 

“ 8. ..POUR  NEGROES  (4) Smith  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

“ 8....NEGRO  WOMAN Smith  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

“ 12.. ..KINCAID,  GEORGE Near  Cleveland,  Bolivar  Co.-Murderous  assault 

July  7.... JARRETT,  CATO Stouts  Crossing Murder 

Sept. — ....JONES,  GEORGE Mayersville,  Issaquena  Co.  -Arson 

“ — ..  .WILLIAMS,  WILL Centerville,  Wilkinson  Co Murder 

Oct.  27— McALPI  N,  WILLIAM Smith  Co Murder 

“ 29.... UNKNOWN  NEGRO Hattiesburg,  Forrest  Co. Attempted  rape 

Nov.  5— ADAMS,  SAMUEL  — Pass  Christian,  Harrison  Co Rape 

Dec.  24.... HXLSON,  ELI- Brookhaven,  Lincoln  Co Race  prejudice 


1904 

Jan.  14...  RILEY,  BUSH Tallula,  Issaquena  Co Murder 

Feb.  7— HOLBERT,  LUTHER  AND  WIFE 

(2)  Doddsville Murder 

“ 7— THREE  UNKNOWN  MEN  (3)— Near  Doddsville Murder 


1904 

Mar.  17— UNKNOWN  NEGRO Saucier,  Harrison  Co 

« 19.... SAWYER,  FAYETTE Cleveland,  Bolivar  I 

“ 19.  .. HARRIS,  BURKE  Cleveland.  Bolivar  Co- 

May  24. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO O'Neil,  Amite  Co 

June  3.... VAN  HORNE,  Trail  Lake,  Ozark  Co 

“ 3— CLARK,  Trail  Lake,  Ozark  Co 

“ 4.... MAYFIELD,  Trail  Lake,  Ozark  Co.. ... 

June  20— DUNHAM,  STERLING Europa,  Webster  Co 

July  9.... UNKNOWN 

“ 10— TUCKER,  JESSE Houston,  Chickasaw  Co. 


Murder 

Murder 

-Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Rape 

.Attempted  rape 
-Attempted  rape 


Jan.  4.... UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
Mar.  5— UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
June  25— MOBERLY,  PIERCE 
July  19  . HARRIS,  HENRY...... 

“ 25— HARRIS,  WM.  

Aug.  4..  . LEWIS,  ED 

“ 4..  . GEORGE,  KID 

“ 16— YOUNG,  HENRY  

Sept.  1— REES,  ALT 

■ 14— JAMES,  WM 

“ 19— McDOWELL,  JOHN 

Oct.  10— JAMES,  JOHN 

Nov.  22.... SIMMS,  DAVID 

Dec.  11—  GREEN,  JAMES 


Jan.  17.  .. UNKNOWN  NEGRO 
May  8.  .. SIMMS,  SAM 

“ 23..  . YOUNGER,  GEO. 

June  11— AMBROSE,  WOOD 
“ 30.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Sept.  7... TWO  NEGROES  (2) 
Oct.  0— UNKNOWN  NEGRO 


1905 

.Benoit,  Bolivar  Co Unknown  offense 

.Helm  Station,  Washington  Co Murder 

..Near  Meridian,  Lauderdale  Co. Murder 

.Near  Glendora,  Tallahatchie  Co Murder 

..Near  Glendora,  Tallahatchie  Co Murder 

Hattiesburg,  Forrest  Co Murder 

Hattiesburg,  Forrest  Co Murder 

.Lake  Cormorant,  De  Soto  Co Murder 

.Rosetta  IVilkinson  Co Rape 

.Tallahatchie  Co Informing 

Rankin  Co Unknown  offense 

Woodville,  Wilkinson  Co Attempted  rape 

.Coahoma,  Coahoma  Co Murder 

.Boyle,  Bolivar  Co — Rape 


1906 

.Penola Attempted  rape 

Jackson,  Hinds  Co Killing  a horse 

Columbus,  Loundcs  Co Murder 

Prentiss,  Jefferson  Davis  Co Murder 

De  Kalb,  Kemper  Co Alleged  rape 

Laurel,  Jones  Co .Attempted  rape 

.Busin,  George  Co Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


79 


MISSISSIPPI— Continued 

Oct.  25....CROMPTON,  THOS Centerville,  Wilkinson  Co Murder 

Nov.  8 HINKS,  "JET” Lee  Co Murder 

Deo.  5.. ..YOUNG,  WES Near  Valley  Park,  Issaquena  Co Murder 


Jan.  23. 
June  8. 
“ 8. 

* 9 

July  20 

* 29. 
Oct.  11 

* 11. 
■ 11. 

* 23. 

* 27. 

* 29. 
Dec.  16. 


Jan.  2.. 

* oq 

Feb.  10.' 
Mar.  10 

* 10.. 
* 10. 

Apr.  5. 
Aug.  28. 
Sept.  8. 
* 20. 
Oct.  10. 


10.... 

10... 

11„. 

11. 

13. 

. 2. 
10. 


Nov 


1907 

BELL,  HENRY Greenwood,  Leflore  Co Rape 

..JOHNSON,  ABE Near  Yazoo  City,  Yazoo  Co Race  rioter 

JOHNSON,  HARRY Near  Yazoo  City,  Yazoo  Co Race  rioter 

..FOX,  LEE Near  Yazoo  City.  Yazoo  Co Race  rioter 

TRICE,  ANDREW Olive  Branch,  De  Soto  Co Murder 

..WASHINGTON,  SAM Near  Vicksburg,  Warren  Co Murder 

..JACKSON,  WM Tunica,  Tunica  Co Burglary 

..SHOOTS,  JAS. Tunica,  Tunica  Co Burglary 

..ROBINSON,  GEO Tunica,  Tunica  Co Burglary 

..SYKES,  HENRY Van  Yleet,  Chickasaw  Co Insulting  women 

..MEYER,  Carrollton,  Carroll  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

..GERMAN,  CHAS Near  Belen,  Quitman  Co Rape 

..HUSBAND,  PAT. McHenry,  Stone  Co Rape 

190S 

..UNNAMED  NEGRO Brookhaven,  Lincoln  Co Murder 

..TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES  (2)  ..Commerce  (near)  Tunica  Co Murder 

..PIGATT,  ELI Brookhaven,  Lincoln  Co Rape 

..POE,  DAVID Van  Cleave,  Jackson  Co Incendiarism 

. RANSTON,  THOS. Van  Cleave,  Jackson  Co Incendiarism 

..JENKINS  BROS.  (2) Van  Cleave,  Jackson  Co Incendiarism 

..BURR,  JOHN Wesson,  Copiah  Co Murder 

..WILLIAMS,  JOHN Ittababa,  Leflore  Co Arson 

..PATTON,  LAWSON Oxford,  Lafayette  Co Murder 

JONES,  CHAS Yazoo  City,  Yazoo  Co Murder 

DAWSON,  DEE Hickory,  Newton  Co Alleged  complicity 

in  murder 
complicity 
in  murder 

Hickory,  Newton  Co Alleged  complicity 

in  murder 

DAVIS,  JOSEPH Lula,  Coahoma  Co Murder 

DAVIS,  FRANK Lula,  Coahoma  Co Murder 

JACKSON,  W.  J Hernando,  De  Soto  Co Theft 

HODGES,  WM Union,  Newton  Co Rape 

LEIDY,  HENRY Biloxi,  Harrison  Co Rape 


Hickory,  Newton  Co Alleged 

FULLER,  WM Hickory,  Newton  Co -Alleged 

JOHNSON,  FRANK 


1909 

Jan.  16.... WILLIS,  “PINK” Poplarville,  Pearl  River  Co Attempted  rape 

Feb.  9 . BUSKIN,  ROBBY Houston,  Chickasaw  Co Murder 

Mar.  12...  GORDON,  JOSEPH  Greenwood,  Leflore  Co Murder 

Apr.  11. ...MONTGOMERY,  HORACE Murder 

Aug.  17. ...ROBINSON,  WM. Greenville,  Washington  Co Unnamed  cause 

Oct.  2S....FOUR,  UNNAMED  (4)  Kemper  Co Murder 

Nov.  25 ....CHAMBERS,  MORGA  N Meehan,  Lauderdale  Co Robbery 

1910 

Apr.  19...  O’NEIL,  THOMAS Meridian,  Lauderdale  Co Murder 

June  12— .CURL,  ELMER Mastadon Murder 

“ 15.... MITCHELL,  OTTO Durant,  Holmes  Co -Attempted  murder 

“ 2S....JONES,  Braxton,  Simpson  Co Murder 


1911 

June  16....BRADFORD,  WILLIAM Chunky,  Newton  Co Desperado 

Nov.  7....MOSELEY  “JUDGE” Lockhart,  Lauderdale  Co Murderous  assault 

1912 

Jan.  15 GILES,  NEELEY Sucarnooehee,  Kemper  Co Murder 

Feb.  14...  HAMILTON,  MANN Starkesville,  Oktibbeha  Co Rape 

Apr.  3.— COLEMAN,  ALEX Starkesville,  Oktibbeha  Co Attempted  rape 

May  7 UNNAMED Greenville,  Washington  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 7....EDD,  G.  W Near  Macon,  Noxubee  Co Murder 

Dec.  17....UNNAMED Jackson,  Hinds  Co Murderous  assault 


1913 

Jan.  30— .UNNAMED  NEGRO Drew,  Sunflower  Co 1 Murder 

Feb.  7....' WILLIAMS,  ANDREW Houston,  Chickasaw  Co Murder 

“ 23.... WEBB,  WILLIE Drew,  Sunflower  Co Murder 


80  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


MISSISSIPPI— Continued 

June  27  . ..ROBINSON,  WILLIAM Lambert,  Quitman  Co 

July  15  TOWNER,  SAMUEL Alligator,  Bolivar  Co 

Sept.  21. ...CROSBY,  HENRY Louisville,  Winston  Co 

“ 28....JONES,  WALTER Harriston,  Jefferson  Co 

“ 28. ...JONES,  WILLIAM Harriston,  Jefferson  Co 

Oct.  15.. ..BROWNLEE,  WALTER Hinchcliff,  Quitman  Co 

1914 

Feb.  16....McQUIRK,  JOHNSON Love  Station,  De  Soto  Co... 

“ 24.. ..PETTY,  SAM Leland,  Washington  Co 

July  14.  BAILEY,  JOSEPH  Comorant 

Oct.  25.  MILLER,  MAYSHE Aberdeen,  Monroe  Co 

Nov.  3..  BURNS,  THOMAS Hernando,  De  Soto  Co 

“ 2 1 SULLIVAN,  FREDERICK Byhalia,  Marshall  Co 

“ 25..  . SULLIVAN,  MRS.  FREDERICK. Byhalia,  Marshall  Co 

1915 

Jan.  20.... JOHNSON,  EDWARD Vicksburg,  Warren  Co 

Feb.  10  . ..HILL,  ALEXANDER Brookville,  Noxubee  Co 

May  15....UNNAMED  NEGRO Lousiville,  Winston  Co 

June  28.. ..UNNAMED  NEGRO Cedar  Bluffs,  Clay  Co 

July  11...  UNNAMED  NEGRO  De  Kalb,  Kemper  Co 

July  16...  MITCHELL,  WILLIAM  Sardis,  Panola  Co 

Oct.  11  ...TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES  (2)  Clarksdale,  Coahoma  Co. 

“ 30....H  U YLER,  JOSEPH Columbus,  Loundes  Co 

Nov.  12....TAYLOR,  JOHN Aberdeen,  Monroe  Co 

1916 

Mar.  20....BROWN,  JEFF West  Point,  Clay  Co 

Oct.  6.. ..NANCE,  ALLEN Greenwood,  Le  Flore  Co 

1917 

June  2 . ..HAYNES,  VAN Columbia,  Marion  Co 

“ 2 . HEMPTON,  PRATT Columbia,  Marion  Co 

MISSOURI 

1889 

Jan.  21. ...THOMAS,  HENRY Bolar. 

May  7 THREE  CORBER  Bfl07'//EflS..Tiptonville.___ 

June  21....GRIZZARD,  ALFRED Tiptonville 

Aug.  3 SMITH,  BENJAMIN La  Plata,  Macon  Co 

Sept.  12 DAVIS,  JOHN Stafford 

“ 17  BURKE,  GEO Columbia,  Boone  Co 

Nov.  17....GEB HART,  JOSEPH Kennett,  Dunklin  Co...._ 

1890 

Sept.  3....SMITH,  THOMAS Poplar  Bluff,  Butler  Co 

1891 

Jan.  20....TRUXTON,  OLLI Glasgow,  Howard  Co 

1892 

Jan.  22 ....HEPLER,  ROBERT Nevada,  Vernon  Co 

Feb.  12  CORDON,  LEWIS Carrollton,  Carroll  Co 

“ 14 BRIGHT,  JOHN  P... Taney  Co.... 

Apr.  27. ...SIMS,  DAVID Clarkton,  Dunklin  Co 

1893 

Feb.  18  HUGHES,  JOHN. Moberly,  Randolph  Co 

“ 21. ...MAYES,  RICHARD  Springfield,  Green  Co 

Sept.  16  B URKE,  REDMOND Brcckenridge,  Caldwell  Co. 

1894 

Jan.  17...  BUCKNER,  JOHN Valley  Park,  Saint  Louis  Co, 

“ 22. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Verona,  Lawrence  Co 

Feb.  27  ...CARTER,  A West  Plains,  llowcll  Co 

* 27  MONTGOMERY , B West  Plains,  Howell  Co.  .. 

June  29....HAYDON,  ULYSSESS  Burrj  Co. 

July  2 . JOHNSON,  JOSEPH Hillers  Creek,  Barry  Co. 

Nov.  5....U  N KNOW  N MAN Roscoe,  Saint  Clair  Co 


Murder 

Murder 

Annoying  a white 
woman 

Murder 

Murder 

Alleged  rape, 

proved  innocent 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Murderous  assault 

Murder 

.Arson 

Arson 


Murder  and  steal- 
ing cattle 

...Murder 

Insulting  white 

woman 

Attempted  rape 

Theft 

..Murderous  assault 

Murder 

Murder 

...Murderous  assault 


Attempted  rape 

.Murderous  assault 


Murder 

Murder 


, Murder 

Murder 

Gambling 

Rape 

Murder 

Rape 

Safe-breaking 


Murder 


.Rape 


Murder 

Rape 

Wife-murder 
Unknown  reason 


Insulting  whites 

Attempted  rape 

.Wife-beating,  by 
white  caps 

Rape 

Rape 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 

Rape 

Offense  unknown 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lychned 


81 


MISSODRl— Continued 

1895 

Feb.  \7. ...TRACY,  GEORGE. Kingston,  Caldwell  Co— Murder 

Aug.  15— .DIVERS,  EMMETT Fulton,  Callaway  Co Murder 

Oct.  11  HENDERSON,  WILLIAM Jackson,  Cape  Girardeau  Co Rape 

1890 

June  27 ...  COC KI NG,  JAMES La  Plata,  Macon  Co Murder 

“ 'S0....WA  Y LA  ND,  CECIL Near  Hannibal,  Marion  Co Rape 

July  27...  CR .4  WFORD,  M Near  Tipton,  Moniteau  Co Attempted  rape 

Sept.  4 ....LARKIN,  TIIOMAS Vineland,  Jefferson  Co Rape 

Dec.  6....WINNER,  JESSIE Lexington,  Lafayette  Co Murder 

* 6.... NELSON,  JAMES Lexington,  Lafayette  Co Murder 

1897 

May  22 MITC HELL,  JO  H N Mountain  Grove,  Wright  Co Larceny 

“ 22 ...COFFMAN,  JACK Mountain  Grove,  Wright  Co Larceny 

July  10  . BROWN,  ERASTOS Villa  Ridge,  Franklin  Co Rape 

Nov.  18.. ..FARGO,  SILAS  P Liberty,  Clay  Co Alleged  arson 

1898 

Feb.  2.. ..WARD,  Galena,  Stone  Co Murder 

June  6...  YOUNG,  CURTIN Clarkvillc,  Pike  Co Murder 

“ 6...  YOUNG,  SAM  Clarkville,  Pike  Co. Murder 

“ 30....WILLIAMS,  HENRY Macon,  Macon  Co Rape 

Aug.  11  ...JONES,,  BENJAMIN  Liberty,  Clay  Co Murder 

Nov.  29 NEGRO Near  New  Madrid,  New  Madrid  Co Murder 


1899 

July  23....EMBREE,  FRANK Steinmetz,  Howard  Co Rape 

Nov.  1... HAYDEN,  THOMAS Near  Fayette,  Howard  Co Murder 

“ 16  ...HUFF,  WILLIAM ... Bloomfield,  Stoddard  Co Murder 

1900 

Apr.  28....CHOWAGEE,  MUNDEE.. Marshall,  Platte  Co Murder 

May  4....DARLEY,  HENRY Liberty,  Clay  Co Rape 


1901 

Jan.  3....SIMPSON,  NELSON Neelyville,  Butler  Co.._ Race  prejudice,  by 

white  caps 

Mar.  2...  McNEAL,  ARTHUR Richmond,  Howard  Co Murder 

July  26  ...MACK,  JOHN 

Aug.  19....GODLEY,  WILLIAM Pierce  City,  Lawrence  Co Suspected  murder 

“ 19....GODLEY,  FRENCH Pierce  City,  Lawrence  Co .Suspected  murder 

“ 20....HAMPTON,  PETER Pierce  City,  Lawrence  Co Suspected  murder 

1902 

Feb.  17...  WRIGHT,  LOUIS New  Madrid,  New  Madrid  Co..Assaulting  white 

man 

Mar.  26....WRIGHT,  OLIVER Higbee,  Randolph  Co Unknown  offense 

May  25 ..  .WITHER  UPS,  ABRA  HAM.... Paris,  Monroe  Co Murder 

July  17 ANDERSON,  JOSHUA Lexington,  Lafayette  Co Murder 

Aug.  12....GATES,  HARRY Lexington,  Lafayette  Co Murder 

1903 

Jan.  21.... CLARK,  ANDY Leeper,  Wayne  Co Murder 

Apr.  15....GILYARD,  THOMAS. Joplin,  Jasper  Co Murder 

May  3 ... MALONE,  D Caruthersville,  Pemiscot  Co Prejudice 

“ 3....MOONEYHON,  W.  J Caruthersville,  Pemiscot  Co — Prejudice 

1905 

May  12....PETTIGREW,  ROBT Belmont,  Mississippi  Co Kidnapping 

1906 

Apr.  4...  DUNCAN,  HARRY Springfield,  Green  Co— Alleged  rape 

“ 14....COPELAND,  JAMES Springfield,  Green  Co Rape 

“ 15....ALLEN,  WILLIAM Springfield,  Green  Co Murder 

1909 

Aug.  1....JO  H NSO  N,  GEO Platte  City,  Platte  Co Murder 

1910 

May  30. ...NEGRO New  Madrid,  New  Madrid 

Co Murderous  assault 


82  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


MISSOURI — Continued 


“ 3.  FIELD,  SAM 

Oct.  11  RICHARDSON,  A.  B 

1911 

Caruthersville,  Pemiscot  Co 

" 11....WOODS,  BENJ 

Mar.  19  ...SHIELDS,  DALLAS 

1914 

Fayette,  Howard  Co 

Murder 

June  17..  KOLLINS,  ISAAC 

“ 17.. ..COLLINS,  MRS.  PARALEE... 

West  Plains,  Howell  Co 

1915 

Feb  21. ...WILLIAMS,  W.  F Mt.  Pleasant,  Bates  Co Murder 

Sept.  1....LANE,  RUDD Louisiana,  Pike  Co Theft 

1916 

Jan.  3....SYKES,  SAMUEL Hayti,  Pemiscot  Co Attempted  murder 

Apr.  3....CHANDLER,  FAYETTE Near  St.  Charles Murder 

MONTANA 

1889 

June  5 TWO  HIGHWAY  ROBBERS..  Marysville,  Lewis  and  Clarke  Co 

“ 28 HOCK,  JOHN Piegan -.Murder 


May  VIDE  N, 

July  26. 

Sept.  2. 


1891 

..Dewey, Murder 


CLANC  Y,  JOSEPH Billings,  Yellowstone  Co Murder 

THREE  CATTLE  T H I EVES. .Custer  Co.. 


1892 


Jan.  30 ....FOUR  HORSE  THIEVES.. 
Dee.  10 ....FISHER,  ELI 


1898 


..Mistaken  identity 


1901 


July  16.. 
Oct.  2.. 
Oct.  7.. 


June  19.. 
Aug.  14.. 


LIBEREO,  SALV ATOR Judith,  Fergus  Co 

BRADY,  JAMES  E Helena,  Lewis  and  Clarke  Co Rape 

..WILSON,  MATT  HEW Helena,  Lewis  and  Clarke  Co Attempted  rape 

1903 

..BROW N,  JOHN Bad  Lands.— Murder 

..UNK NOW N MAN Dupyer,  Teton  Co — Unknown  offense, 

by  white  caps 

..JACKSON,  WALTER Hamilton,  Ravalli  Co Murder 


Oct.  14.... 

Apr.  18.... HOF NER,  HARR  Y. Forsyth,  Rosebud  Co Murder 

1913 

Apr.  5....COLLINS,  J.  C Mondak,  Sheridan  Co Murder 

Aug.  1.. 


1912 


1917 


...LITTLE,  FRANK Butte,  Silver  Bow  Co I.  W.  W.  Leader 

NEBRASKA 

1889 

Feb.  5 ....  H AGGERM  A N,  GEORGE Schuyler,  Colfax  Co Horsestealing 

Mar.  28  ....GANNON,  Ainsworth Horsestealing 

“ 28 ....BABCOCK,  Ainsworth Horsestealing 

“ 28 ....REM  US,  Ainsworth.— Horse  stealing 

May  22....PE  KWE  K,  FRANK Weston,  Saunders  Co Wife-beating 

“ 31 NEWELL.  JOHN  T Deyapaha  Co By  vigilante* 

June  22  ...POLE  Y,  NICHOLAS  Elgin,  Antelope  Co Murder 

July  15  ....MAN DIN,  II.  A Bassett,  Rock  Co Horsestealing 

i is  S3  


Oct.  9...  COE,  JOSEPH 

Dec.  18....  UN  K NOW N TRAMP. 


1891 

Omaha,  Douglas  Co. 
.Emmett,  Ilolt  Co.._. 


Rapo 
. Rapo 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


83 


NEBRASKA — Continued 

1894 

Feb.  2.  HURST,  GEORGE  Neely.. 

July  2...  HILLS,  RAPPLE  A ND  SO  AT...  Bush  Creek 

“ 2_  UNK NOW N MA  N- Bush  Creek. 

1895 

Jan.  1 ....SCOTT,  BARRET O'Neill,  Holt  Co 

Mar.  18.  .. HOLTON,  MRS.  W.  E Keyapaha  Co..._ 

Apr.  14..  POWELL.  DEAN Keyapaha  Co. ..... 

“ 14...  CHAMBERLAIN,  FRED’  K Keyapaha  Co.. 

1911 

June  19 ...  SELLERS,  CHAS Near  Cody,  Cherry  Co. 


Murder 

...Arson 

...Arson 


...Frauds 

By  vigilantes 
Cattle  rustler 
Cattle  rustler 


Murder 


NEW  JERSEY 
1900 

GAMBOLA,  JOHN— Hackensack,  Bergen  Co Murder 


NEW  YORK 

1892 

June  2....LEWIS,  ROBERT Port  Jervis,  Orange  Co Rape 

1896 

Jan.  10....SMITH,  GEORGE  H Ransonville,  Niagara  Co Murder 


1916 

Dec.  14 ...  BOLETA,  PAULO Greenwich,  Washington  Co Murderous  assault 


NEW  MEXICO 

1889 

July  22....TWO  HORSE  THIEVES Kelly,  Socorre  Co 

July  26 ....CHACHA,  JOSEPH Wallace Murder 

1893 

Apr.  14....  HARDIN,  WILLI  AM Monticello,  Sierra  Co.._ Murder 

May  7 ....MARTINEZ,  ANTONIO Los  Lunas,  Valencia  Co Murder 

“ 7....BARCELOZ,  ANTONIO  J Los  Lunas,  Valencia  Co Murder 

“ 7..  ..ANJOU,  VICTORIA  NO— Los  Lunas,  Valencia  Co Murder 

“ 30 ....LUCERO,  CELIO Las  Vegas,  San  Miguel  Co Murder 

June  19 U N KNOW N COW-BO  Y Dunseath. Murder 


1895 

Oct.  17 YOUNG,  DANIEL  E Oak  Canon Unknown  offense 

1905 

Sept.  2.. ..WOODWARD,  ARTHUR Silver  City,  Grant  Co Murderous  assault 

“ 2. ...WOODWARD,  TALCUM Silver  City,  Grant  Co Murderous  assault 

1914 

Mar.  31 PADILLA,  ADOLFE Santa  Fe,  Santa  Fe  Co Murder 


NEVADA 

1897 

June  10....MOUSE  (INDIAN) Muddy  Creek. Murder 

Dec.  7....UBER,  ADAM Genoa,  Douglas  Co Murder 

1903 

Sept.  17....CHINAMAN Tonopah,  Nye  Co Race  prejudice 


Feb.  22....  UNK  NOW  N MAN— 


1905 

. Hazen._. 


.Robbery 


84  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


NORTH  CAROLINA 


Sept.  9...  SIGMOND,  JOHN 

1889 

Stanley  Creek,  Gaston  Co 

“ 11. ...BOONE,  DAVID 

“ 11. ...STAC K,  FRANK 

Murder 

Oct.  25 ....BERRIER,  ROBERT.  

Lexington,  Davidson  Co..  

Murder 

1890 

Dec.  24.. ..FREEMAN,  KINCH Winton,  Hertford  Co Murder 

1891 

Sept.  8... .BESS,  MACK. Nearland Attempted  rape 

“ 25. ...RANKIN,  HEZEKIAH Asheville,  Buncombe  Co Murder 

1892 

May  3....PURDEE,  LYMAN Elizabethtown,  Bladen  Co Murder 

June  10. ...WE  N TEL  Y,  ALE  X Charlotte,  Mecklenburg  Co ..Murder 

“ 12.. ..BURRIS,  J.  A Albermarle,  Stanly  Co Murder 

Sept.  13 ....ALLISON,  T HOS.  N Mt.  Airy,  Surry  Co..__ .....Murder 

Nov.  15  . ..BURNETT,  WM Oxford,  Granville  Co ..Rape 

1893 

Jan.  6 ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Pocket  Township Murder 

Feb.  24.. ..WHITSON,  THOMAS .Asheville,  Buncombe  Co ..Murder 

“ 24. ...WHITSON,  WILSON Asheville,  Buncombe  Co. Murder 

June  2...  LINCOLN,  ISAAC Ft.  Madison Insulting  women 

1894 

Feb.  25 ....SLA  UGHTER,  P Sparta,  Alleghany  Co Murder 

1895 

Jan.  4 ....BEGERON,  JOHN  F Idalit. Murder 

1896 

Apr.  22. ...CHARMERS,  ROBERT Cranberry,  Avery  Co Incendiarism 

1897 

Nov.  27 WILLIS,  NATHAN Town  Creek,  Brunswick  Co Murder 

Mar.  2....INDIAN  DOCTOR Morganton,  Burke  Co Name  and  offense 

unknown 

“ 2 ....GIRL Morganton,  Burke  Co Name  and  offense 

unknown 

May  29.  KISER,  JOSEPH Concord,  Cabarrus  Co Suspected  murder 

“ 29.. ..JOHNSON,  THOMAS Concord,  Cabarrus  Co Suspected  murder 

1899 

Jan.  11....JONES,  HENRY Harps  Cross Murder 

May  11. ...TWO  NEGROES Pitt  Co Murder 

1900 

Mar.  4 . RATCLIFFE,  GEORGE Clyde,  Haywood  Co Rape 

“ 22. ...RITTER,  GEORGE.. Carthage,  Moore  Co Informer 

Sept.  1 ..  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Forest  City,  Rutherford  Co... Murder 

1901 

Aug.  21. ...HOUGH,  LUKE Wadesborough,  Anson  Co Murder 

1902 

Mar.  25..  . WALKER,  JAMES Washington,  Beaufort  Co Murder 

June  11. ...GILLESPIE,  HARRISON Salisbury.  Rowan  Co — Murder 

Aug.  25... .JONES,  THOMAS.. SevcnSprings,  Wayne  Co Rape 

1904 

May  19  . ..UNKNOWN.. Seaboard,  Northampton  Co Rape 

1905 

Aug.  27  ...MOORE,  JOHN Clark,  Craven  Co Murderous  assault 


May  28 . ..JOHNSON,  J.  V 

Aug.  6 GILLESPIE,  NEASE 


1906 

Wadesboro,  Anson  Co.... 
Salisbury,  Rowan  Co. 


Murder 

Murder 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


85 


NORTH  CAROLINA— Continued 


Aug.  6 GILLESPIE,  JOHN 

....Salisbury,  Rowan  Co 

Murder 

* 6...  DILLINGHAM,  JACK 

Nov.  15...  HARRIS,  WM. 

1908 

Jan.  12.. ..UNNAMED  NEGRO 

...Pine  Level,  Johnston  Co For 

giving  poor  en- 

tertainment,  lynched 

by  Negroes 

1910 

May  26  NEGRO  . 

Rape 

Oct.  8 NEGRO 

Robbery 

1913 

Aug.  26  McNEELY,  JOSEPH 

1914 

Jan.  27... .WILSON,  JAMES  . 

1915 

Aug.  29  ...THREE  NIGHT  RIDERS  ... 

._.Graham  Co.._ 

1916 

Jan.  12....RICHARDS,  JOHN 

Murder 

ADr.  5 BLACK.  JOSEPH 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

1912 

Nov.  7 ...BAKER,  GEO... 

...Steele,  Kidder  Co 

Murder 

1913 

Dec.  16...  KULBERTSON,  CLIVE  . 

OHIO 

1891 

Apr.  10 ...BOLES,  WILLIAM ._  

...Kenton,  Hardin  Co..  _ 

Murder 

1892 

Jan.  14.  CORBIN,  HENRY 

Feb.  30  T.YTT.F.  JAMES 

Apr.  1 UNKNOWN  NEGRO  

1894 

Jan.  12  PARKER,  ROSCOE 

Apr.  15...  NEVILLE,  SEYMOUR 

Rape 

1895 

May  ZX....WEAT  HEROFF,  NELSON 

...Logan,  Hocking  Co 

.Attempted  rape 

Aug.  21...  ANDERSON,  NOAH 

...New  Richmond,  Clermont  Co. 

Murder 

1897 

June  4 MITCHELL,  CHARLES . 

Rape 

1904 

Mar.  7 DIXON,  RICHARD.  

Murder 

1910 

July  8....E THERI NG TO N,  CARL 

...Newark,  Licking  Co 

Murder 

1911 

June  27.  UNNAMED  NEGRO 

...Cleveland,  Cuyahoga  Co 

Murder 

Apr.  23....UNKNOWN  MAN. 


OKLAHOMA 

1889 


Murder 


Mar.  28....HUDSON,  ELROD  ... 


1891 

.Russellville,  Pittsburg  Co 


.Incendiarism 


86  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


OKLAHOMA — Continued 

1892 

Dec.  2 \____CORA , ■_ Near  Guthrie,  Logan  Co By  Indians 

1893 

Sept.  18....  YO  UMA  NS,  A .Cause  not  given 

“ 22. ...FIVE  INDIANS Cause  not  given 

“ 24....  U N K NOW  N MAN Hennessey,  Kingfisher  Co Cause  not  given 

“ 29.... A BOHEMIAN ..Alva,  Woods  Co Murder 

Nov.  1S....HORSE  THIEF Near  Ponca,  Kay  Co 

1894 

Apr.  19. ...BIS HOP,  DOCK Wakongo Horse-stealing 

“ 19 LATHAM,  F Wakongo Horse-stealing 

“ 20 ....SEVEN  HORSE  THIEVES.... Hennessey,  Kingfisher  Co 

May  26....TWO  INDIANS Hennessey,  Kingfisher  Co Rape 

Sept.  26....UNKNOWN  HORSE  THIEF Lincoln. 

1895 

Jan.  1 THREE  HORSE  T HI  EVES— As.ing&sher,  Kingfisher  Co.._ 

May  15 ....CALVIN,  JOHN Near  Ingalls Informing 

“ 15  ....DUNN,  WILLI  AM. Near  Ingalls Informing 

July  1 ....TWO  HORSE  THIEVES Near  Guthrie.  Logan  Co. 

Oct.  22....UMBRA,  JAMES  (MEXICAN). .Hennessey,  Kingfisher  Co..  Cattle  stealing 

“ 22.... MEXICAN  JOHN  (MEXICAN). .Hennessey,  Kingfisher  Co Cattle  stealing 


1S96 


Jan.  15 ....FOLE  Y,  THOMAS— Ft.  Holmes- 

“ 15 “WILD  HORSE ” Ft.  Holmes 

“ 15....  UN  K NOW  N. Ft.  Holmes 

“ 15....INDIAN Ft.  Holmes 

Sept.  16  . ..MORRIS,  B.  S Watonga,  Blaine  Co. 

* 19....COA  X,  ELMER Pawnee,  Pawnee  Co. 


1897 

Feb.  4....L/ NTO N,  HENRY 

“ 4 ....ROBINSON,  JOSEPH 


.Highwayman 

Highwayman 

Highwayman 

.Highwayman 

Murder 

Murder 


—Outlawry 

...Outlawry 


1898 

Oct.  1....JOHNSON,  PETER Edmond,  Oklahoma  Co Larceny 

1899 

Aug.  2 ....KIRK,  TA  YLOR Cloud  Chief,  Washita  Co Murder 

1901 

May  10 ....CHANDLER,  J.  L Suspected  killing 

May  25.... CAMPBELL,  WILLIAM Pond  Creek,  Grant  Co Murder 

1906 

May  23...  UNKNOWN  MAN Choctsaw  Nation,  Oklahoma  Co Murder 

July  2....UNKNOWN.. Chickasha,  Grady  Co Rapa 

1907 

Mar.  31  ..  WILLIAM,  JAS, Colbert,  Bryan  Co— Attempted  rape 

July  16...  BAILEY,  FR Near  Oklahoma  City,  Oklaluyna  Co Murder 

Dec.  24....GARDEN,  JAS Muskogee,  Muskogee  Co Murder 

1909 

Apr.  19 MILLER,  J.  B— Ada,  Pontotoc  Co Murder 

“ 19.. ..B  URRELL,  D.  B Ada,  Pontotoc  Co . ..Complicity  in 

murder 

“ 19 WEST,  JESSE Ada,  Pontotoc  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

“ 19 ....ALLEN,  JOS Ada,  Pontotoc  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

June  26....SHENNIEN,  SYLVESTER. Wilburton,  Latimer  Co Murder 

1910 

Aug.  15....B  UCKLE  K,  JOS Weleetka,  Okfuskee  Co— Murder 

Nov.  15  ...NEGRO Mnnnford,  Creek  Co Murder 


Chronological  Lid  of  Persons  Lynched 


87 


OKLAHOMA — Continued 

1911 

May  25  LAURA  NELSON  and  SON Okemah.  Okfuskee  Co Murder 

Aug.  18  . ..UNNAMED  NEGRO Durant,  Bryan  Co Murder 

“ 24. ...CARTER,  PETER  Purcell,  MoClain  Co Rape 

Oct.  22....SUDDETH,  EDWARD Corneta. Murder 

Dec.  6....WALKER,  BUD._. Mannford  Creek,  Co Murder 

1912 

Jan.  1....TURNER,  SAM. Muldrow,  Sequoyah  Co Murder 

1913 

Jan.v  2. ...UNNAMED  NEGRO Wagoner  Co Rape 

June  13...  SIMMONS,  DENNIS Anadarko,  Caddo  Co Murder 

Aug.  14...  FRANKLIN,  SANDERS Paul’s  Valley,  Garvin  Co.._ Murder 

* 14  RALSTON,  HENRY Paul's  Valley,  Garvin  Co..— Murder 

Nov.  4....CUDJO,  JOHN Wewoka,  Seminole  Co Murder 


1914 

Jan.  27....DICKERSON,  BENJAMIN., Noble.  Cleveland  Co Murder 

Mar.  31 SCOTT,  MARIE Wagoner  Co Murder 

Aug.  7.,. WILLIAMS,  CROCKETT Eufaula,  McIntosh  Co Murder 

1915 

May  9 ...WARD,  DR.  E.  B Norman,  Cleveland  Co Murder 

Aug.  6 . .BERRY,  EDWARD Shawnee,  Pottawatomie  Co Rape 

Sept.  4.. ..WASHINGTON,  GEORGE Wagoner,  Wagoner  Co .Attempted  rape 

1916 

Apr.  3, ..MARTIN,  OSCAR Idabel,  McCurtain  Co Rape 

“ 9....DUDLEY,  CARL Lawton,  Comanche  Co Murder 

Sept.  29... .FOREMAN,  JOHN Nowata,  Nowata  Co Accessory  to 

murder 

“ 29....POWELL,  Nowata,  Nowata  Co .Accessory  to 

murder 

1917 

June  16....CONLY,  HENRY. Holdenville,  Hughes  Co Rape 


OKLAHOMA 
(Indian  Territory) 

1889 

Feb.  IZ. STEIN,  CHARLES Murder 

* 20. ... P UC KET,  JOHN Lyon  Creek,  Adair  Co Unknown  offense 

“ 20....P  UC  KET,  MRS.  JOHN ..Lyon  Creek,  Adair  Co Unknown  offense 

1891 

Mar.  3....UNKNOWN  NEGRO Woodward,  Woodward  Co Rape 


Apr.  20 ....“DUTCH  JOHN ” 

Sept.  16....IN  KI  WISH 


Mar.  12.... TWO  HORSE  THIEVES 


1894 

.Tukon,  locality  undetermined Cattle  stealing 

.Locality  undetermined -Indian  police,  by 

desperadoes 

1895 

.Enterprise,  Haskell  Co 


1896 

July  14 ....THREE  UNKNOWN  MEN.. Reagan,  Johnston  Co Stealing  horses 


1898 

Jan.  8-...McGEESEY,  JOHN  (INDIAN).-.Maud  P.  O.,  Pottawatomie 

Co 

“ 8....SIMPSON,  PALMER  (INDIAN). .Maud  P.  O.,  Pottawatomie 

Co 

Aug.  9 NAIL,  WILLIAM Braggs,  Muskogee  Co 


.Murder  and  out- 
rage 

.Murder  and  out- 
rage 

Murder 


1901 

Feb.  28....MILLER,  JOHNSON  (INDIAN).HoldenviUe,  Hughes  Co. 


.Murder 


88  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


Apr.  24..  HUNT,  A.  J 

OREGON 

1891 

Tonality  undetermined 

Murder 

Aug.  2....TH0MPS0N,  W.  S..  _ 

1894 

Lake  View,  Lake  Co.._ 

Sept.  15...  FISHER,  ALONZO 

1902 

Mansfield 

Rape 

July  17....  UNKNOWN 

1914 

May  23....  HAMPTON,  DENNIS. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

1891 

Mar.  15... PUR  YEA,  RICHARD 

1894 

Murder 

Dec.  13.  PIERCE,  DAVID 

1899 

Murder 

Aug.  13.... WALKER,  ZACHARIAH.. 

1911 

Coatesville,  Chester  Co..  

Murder 

Jan.  26..  BREWINGTON,  WM 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

1889 

May  17  DANFORD,  TUT  . 

evidence 

June  22...  CALDWELL,  ANDY  ..... 

Ridgewater. 

“ 28.  McNIGHT,  A 

Dec.  28  JOHNSON,  RIPLEY 

“ 28  ADAMS,  MICHAEL 

“ 28  BELL,  PETER  

“ 28  MONOLL,  RAFE  . _. 

“ 28..  FURZ,  HUGH 

“ 28.  JOHNSON,  HUDSON  . 

“ 28. ...PHOENIX,  ROBERT  J.._ 

“ 28  JONES,  JUDGE 

Barnwell,  Barnwell  Co 

1890 

Jan.  11  BLACK,  WILLIAM 

May  5....LEAPHART,  WILLIE  

Lexington,  Lexington  Co 

.Alleged  rape 

Dec.  3....JOHNSON,  HENRY 

Central,  Pickens  Co.. 

(proved  innocent) 
Rape 

Dec.  10  LUNDY,  RICHARD 

1891 

1892 

May  9 A NEGRO 

“ 16...  A NEGRO 

Berkley  Co 

“ 31... SHAW,  DAVID 

Gray  Court,  Laurens  Co.— 

Nov.  18  McFATTON,  DUNCAN 

“ 28.. ..WHITE,  NATHAN 

1893 

Apr.  24.... PETERSON,  JOHN .. 

Denmark,  Bamberg  Co 

May  6 GAILLARD,  SAM. 

“ 10  BANKS,  HAYWARD 

Julv  18  MEETZE,  DUB 

Aug.  23  DAVIS,  JACOB 

Nov.  8 . KENNEDY,  ROBERT. 

....Attempted  rape 

Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


89 


SOOTH  CAROLINA— Continued 


June  2..  CRAWFORD,  JEFF 

1894 

“ 3...  GILL,  HARRY 

" 3..  A NEGRO 

July  14...  MASON,  JAMES  

Nov.  29...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

June  20...  STOKES,  WILLIAM 

Abbeville  Co 

Landrum,  Spartanburg  Co 

1895 

Colleton  Co 

Giving  information 

July  15...  JACKSON,  IRA 

Oct.  IT... BLAKE,  WILLIAM 

Hampton,  Hampton  Co 

Nov.  21  RICHARDS,  JOHN 

“ 24...  WATTS,  THOMAS  

Murder 

Dec.  5...  KEARSE,  ISOM 

Colleton  Co 

“ 5...  KEARSE,  HANNAH 

Colleton  Co 

* 7...  BLAKE.  WILLIAM 

Hampton,  Hampton  Co 

larceny 

Feb.  29...  KENNEDY,  MELVILLE  ...  

1890 

Alleged  rape 

Apr.  23 ...  PRICE,  THOMAS 

July  6...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Lincoln  Co 

“ 18...  DICKS,  DANIEL 

Jan.  6...  BROWN,  LAWRENCE 

1897 

Stilton 

“ 8...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 8 COOPER,  SIMON 

Sumter,  Sumter  Co.._  

Murder 

Feb.  13...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Saluda,  Saluda  Co.._ 

July  23  GRAY,  JAMES 

Golboro 

Rape 

Dec.  29...  TURNER,  SAM. 

1898 

Jan.  4...  HUNTER,  DAVID  . 

contract 

Feb.  22...  BAKER,  F.  B 

Lake  City,  Florence  Co 

“ 22...  BAKER,  DORA 

Oct.  23...  MACKIE,  JOSEPH  

....Edgefield  Court  House,  Edge- 

field  Co 

...Suspected  murder 

“ 23.... SULLIVAN,  LUTHER 

Edgefield  Court  House,  Edge- 

field  Co 

Suspected  murder 

Nov.  9...  McKENNY,  HAMPTON 

Phoenix...  

Alleged  murder 

“ 9.... JACKSON,  COLUMBUS 

Alleged  murder 

“ 9 ...WILLIAMS,  JESSE 

“ 9... WILLIAMS,  DRAYTON  

Alleged  murder 

“ 9....ETHE RIDGE,  ROSE 

“ 9...  DARLING,  JEFF 

Alleged  murder 

“ 10....COLLINS,  BENJAMIN .... 

“ 10...  HARRISON,  ESSX.  ____ 

Alleged  murder 

“ 18.... GOODE,  ELIZA..... 

June  18...  PATRICK,  LOUIS  . 

1899 

Murder 

Jan.  11  SALTER,  RUFUS.  - 

1900 

...West  Sorinas SusDected  of  arson 

Feb.  17  BURTS,  WILLIAM 

....Basket  Mills 

Threats  to  kill 

Jan.  16  ...ROBINSON,  CHARLES  __ 

1901 

....Elko,  Barnwell  Co 

Rape 

July  14...  HAINES, 

“ 21. ...CORNISH,  WILLIAM 

Oct.  21. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO  

....Hampton,  Hampton  Co 

Burglary 

Nov.  24....LADISON,  JOHN 

June  5...  BLACK,  JAS.  .. 

1902 

....Ravenals,  Charleston  Co 

Dec.  27....WIDEMAN,  OLIVER-..  . 

...Troy,  Greenwood  Co.. 

Murder 

“ 27.  WIDEMAN,  MRS 

...Troy,  Greenwood  Co.. 

Murder 

July 


June  30. 
July  5. 
Sept.  24. 
Oct.  1. 


Dec.  20. 


June  14. 


22. 


Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United 

SOUTH  CAROLINA— Continued 

1903 

States 

...Suspicioned  of 

..TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES 
..ELROD,  REUB 

...Norway,  Orangeburg  Co 

...Piedmont,  Greenville  Co 

murder 

Suspicioned  of 

murd  er 
Race  prejudice 

..HEAD,  DENNIS  _ _ 

...Mistaken  identity 

.BUTLER,  JESSE  

...Aiken  Co 

Mistaken  identity 

...NELSON,  CHARLES 

...Jefferson,  Chesterfield  Co..  .. 

Rape 

FAGLER,  JOHN 

...Ross  Station 

Attempted  rape 

1904 

.LEE  “GEN.”, 

Attempted  rape 

WILLIAMS,  CAIRO 

Murder 

..TAYLOR,  JOHN 

Attempted  rape 

UNKNOWN 

Rape 

... MORRISON , JOHN.—. 

Murder 

1905 

PENDLETON,  ALLEN 

Murder 

DA  LOACH,  FRANK 

Murder 

DA  LOACH,  JOHN 

Murder 

1906 

HUGHES,  MOSES 

Alleged  arson 

. DAVIS,  ROBT.  . 

...Greenwood,  Greenwood  Co.... 

Rape 

ETHRIDGE,  ROBT. 

Attempted  rape 

..  SPAIN,  V/M 

...St.  George,  Dorchester  Co 

DAVIS,  MARK  

...Near  Newberry,  Newberry 

Co 

.Murderous  assault 

1907 

...UNKNOWN 

...Marion  Co 

Rape 

..Attempted  rape 
and  murder 


June  2....HUDSON,  GEO Trenton,  Edgefield  Co 

1909 

Jan.  6.. ..UNNAMED  NEGRO Lexington,  Lexington  Co Rape 

“ 6.. ..DA VIS,  ARTHUR Florence,  Florence  Co Dispute  with  white 

man 

June  11....SIMMONS,  TUILLIE  Branehville,  Orangeburg  Co...  Murder 

“ 11  ..  SAMUELS,  FRANK Branehville,  Orangeburg  Co Murder 

1910 

Nov.  26.. ..CLARK,  FLUTE Little  Mountain,  Newberry  Co Murder 


1911 

Oct.  10....JACKSON,  WILLIS Near  Greenville,  Greenville  Co.. 


..Rape 


1912 

Mar.  13  . ..DUBLIN,  ALFRED Olar,  Bamberg  Co 

“ 13  . ..DUBLIN,  RICHARD.. Olar,  Bamberg  Co Maori 

“ 13.  RIVERS,  PETER Olar.  Bamberg  Co.  Arson 

“ 29....WHISONANT,  FRED Blacksburg,  Cherokee  Co..  Murder  and  assault 

« 29.. ..BRONSON,  JOS Blaoksburg,  Cherokee  Co Murder  and  assault 

Nov.  23...  THOMAS,  WM Newberry,  Newberry  < ",  Murder 

Dec.  21  FITTS,  HENRY Norway,  Orangeburg  Co Refusal  to  pay  a 

note 


Aug.  12.. ..PUCKETT,  RICHARD 


1913 

..Laurens,  Lnurens  Co.. 


..Rape 


1914 

July  13  ...CARSON,  ROSE  Elloree,  Orangeburg  Co.  Murder 

Nov.  24  ...WILSON,  DILLARD Shiloh,  Sumter  Co.  Murder 

Dec.  4 GRIER,  WILLIAM  .. Coward,  Florence  Co Frightening  women 

Dec.  16 ..  SEYMOUR,  ALLEN Hampton,  Hampton  Co Rape 


June  14. ...SMITH,  JULES 


1915 

.Winnsboro,  Fairfield  Co.._. 


Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


91 


SOUTH  CAROLINA— Continued 

1916 

Oct.  21....CRAWFORD,  ANTHONY.. Abbeville,  Abbeville  Co.. Self-defense 

1917 

Aug.  24.. ..SIMS,  W.  D York,  York  Co Seditious  utterance 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 


Nov.  28 . ..JO  NES, 
Dec.  12.. 


1891 

..Cherry  Creek,  Ziebach  Co Cattle  stealing 


.LOVETT,  HAND  AND  UN- 
KNOWN WHITE  MAN Deadwood,  Lawrence  Co Stealing  horses 

1894 

— Watertown,  Codington  Co Rape 


Sept.  4 ....BOURKE, 

Aug.  16....BI  DDE  RL  Y BROTHERS Buffalo  Co Cattle  stealing 

Sept.  18.... 


July  27 
Sept.  15. 


1895 


1897 


Nov.  14. 

“ 14. 


* 14.. 

Jan.  18.. 


Jan.  19.... 

Apr.  5.. 

“ 7.. 

June  7. 

“ 7.. 

Dec.  12. 


Feb.  19. 
Mar.  16. 
Apr.  5. 
Aug.  18. 
“ 21. 
Nov.  17. 


Feb.  16...J 

Mar.  10. 

“ 13. 

“ 26. 
Apr.  2. 

“ 30. 

May  26. 
June  13. 
July  5. 

“ 19. 

“ 26. 
Aug.  25. 
Nov.  13. 


ELMER,  LEE.  _ 

1888 

Murder 

..WISE,  

..Turtle  Mountains.-  

Horse  stealing 

1897 

CONDOUT.  ALEX.  fINDIANI  Williamsnort 

Murder 

TRACK,  PAUL  HOLY  (IN 
DIAN). 

Williamsport 

Murder 

IRELAND,  PHILIP. 

Murder 

Y E LLOWWOLF.  JOHN  

1902 

Horse  stealing 

TENNESSEE 

1889 

.TWO  MEN  AND  WOMAN Tipton vUle,  Lake  Co 

.WOLFE N BERGER,  JOHN...... 

.Rutledge,  Grainger  Co 

Murder 

BEELER,  DANIEL 

Murder 

.REYNOLDS,  E.  R. 

Murder 

.LOYD,  THOMAS  J 

CARDEN,  WM ... 

STAPLES,  JACOB 

1890 

Rape 

WILLIAMS,'  HENRY 

Rape 

U N KNOWN  MAN 

WOODWARD,  THOMAS 

Robbery 

HENDERSON,  FOX 

STEVENS,  EDWARD 

Murder 

HAYNIE,  FRINCH 

1891 

Rape  and 

SCOTT,  BRADFORD 

incendiarism 
Unknown  offense 

SANDERS,  HENRY 

Rape 

HUNTLEY,  THOMAS 

MAYBERRY,  MARTIN 

..TAYLOR,  WILLIAM 

..Franklin,  Williamson  Co 

Robbery  and 

WELLS,  GREEN 

murder 
Murder 

clark;  Robert 

Rape 

THOMPSON, 

WALLING,  BEN. 

Rape 

BROWN,  JOHN 

Murder 

LEWIS,  WILLIAM 

Drunkenness 

..MITCHELL,  JOSEPH 

..McConnell,  Obion  Co..  

Rape 

92  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TENNESSEE— Continued 


1892 

Feb. 

3...  MARTIN,  MRS 

Race  prejudice 

4 . UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

....Robbery 

8 McDonnell,  calvin 

Murder 

« 

8...  MOSS,  THOMAS 

Murder 

« 

8 STUART.  WILLIAM 

Murder 

Anr.  28  GRIGGARD.  HENRY 

Rape 

30...  GROGGARD,  EPH. 

Rape 

May 

5 ....MILLER.  CHARLES 

Murder 

19...  EVERETT,  CHARLES 

.Attempted  robbery 
Rape 

« 

31...  WILLIS.  HECK 

June  27.., BATES.  THOMAS 

Shelbyviile,  Bedford  Co..  - 

Wife-murder 

July 

1...  LILLARD,  THOMAS 

Rape 

25 ....WYNNE,  J.  H. 

Murder 

« 

29....BESHEARS.  ANDY 

Rape 

29....WI LLIS,  JOHN., 

Rape 

Aug. 

1 ...LANDERS,  LOEB 

Attempted  rape 

27...  BLACKWELL,  DENNIS 

Attempted  rape 

Oct. 

5.. ..BELL,  ALEX. 

..Insulting  a woman 

Dec. 

7..  . NEGRO  TRAMP 

Rape 

7...  WHITE  MAN 

Rape 

« 

14...  REED,  JESSE  E. 

Murder 

« 

15...  A NEGRO 

Nashville.  Davidson  Co 

Rape 

“ 17~JlOBERTS," 'mWm.IZZZ!ZZZjShady  Valley... ZZZZZZ......Murder 


Jan.  3 ....DUNCAN,  HENRY 

Feb.  11....A  NEGRO 

“ 14 ...BLOUNT,  ANDY 

“ 26....HAYNE,  JOSEPH... 

Mar.  19.... JONES,  JESSIE 

Apr.  24....TARPLE  Y,  

June  8. ...DUMAS,  L.  C 

“ 21.... HARR,  JAMES. 

Aug.  21  TAIT,  CHARLES  

Sept.  14  . ..WILLIAMS,  JOHN  

Oct.  22.  ..GAMBLE,  JOHN... 


1893 


Loudon,  Loudon  Co Murder 

.Forest  Hill,  Shelby  Co Rape 

.Chattanooga,  Hamilton  Co Suspicion  of  rape 

.Jellico,  Campbell  Co Rape 

.Jellico,  Campbell  Co Murder 

.Verona.. By  white  caps 

.Gleason,  Weakley  Co Rape 

Gleason,  Weakley  Co By  mistake 

.Near  Memphis,  Shelby  Co Murder 

.Jackson,  Madison  Co Murder 

.Pikeville,  Bledsoe  Co. - Rape 


Feb.  11...  McGREEG,  HENRY.. 

“ 14....  U N KNOW  N TRAMP 

Mar.  6 . GREGORY,  LAMPSON 
Apr.  18.  MONTGOMERY,  HENRY 

June  1 ...  BALLARD,  FRANK. 

“ 10.. ..PERRY,  JAMES 

July  7— BALL,  JAMES 

“ 14.  BELL,  WILLIAM  

Aug.  12....NERSHBRED,  WILLIAM.. 
Sept.  1 HAWKINS,  DANIEL 

“ 1...  HAYNES,  ROBERT 

“ 1..  . WILLIAMS,  WARNER 

“ 1 HALL,  EDWARD. 

“ 1 HAYES,  JOHN 

“ 1.  WHITE,  GRAHAM  

“ 21 DARCE  Y,  JAMES. 

Nov.  10.. ..SMITH,  NEEDHAM 


1894 


.Pioneer,  Campbell  Co 

Quito,  Tipton  Co 

.Bells  Depot 

.Lewisburg,  Marshall  Co.. 

.Jackson,  Madison  Co 

Knoxville,  Knox  Co 

.Charlotte,  Dickson  Co 

.Dixon  Co 

Rossville,  Fayette  Co 

.Millington,  Shelby  Co 

.Millington,  Shelby  Co 

.Millington,  Shelby  Co 

Millington,  Shelby  Co 

.Millington,  Shelby  Co 

Millington,  Shelby  Co 

.Near  Bristol,  Sullivan  Co. 
.Tipton  Co. 


Rape 

Murder 

Unknown  cause 

Larceny 

.Attempted  murder 
..Introducing  small- 
pox 

Murder 

Barn  burning 

Rape 

Barn  burning 

Barn  burning 

Barn  burning 

Barn  burning 

Barn  burning 

Barn  burning 

...Giving  information 
Rape 


Mar.  20  TALLEY,  HARRIET 
Apr.  25.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

“ 28 ...GIBSON,  THOMAS . 

Sept.  3 JOHNSON,  JERRY 

“ 6. ...“DOC,”  KING. 

“ 10  .WOOD,  LUM 

Oct.  15  VANCY,  EUGENE 

“ 15  ELLIS,  JEFF... 

Nov.  21  HURD,  CHARLES 
* 29  ROBINSON,  JOSEPH 

“ 29...  McGAHEY,  OZIAS 

“ 29 ...SMITH,  CAD. 


1895 


Petersburg,  Lincoln  Co Suspected  arson 

.Parsons,  Decatur  Co Unknown  offense 

.Sevierville,  Sevier  Co Unknown  offense, 

by  white  caps 

Farmington Insults 

Fayetteville,  Lincoln  Co Attempted  rape 

.Union  City,  Obion  Co Giving  evidence 

Manchester,  Coffee  Co Rape 

.Braden,  Fayette  Co Murder 

.Wartburf?,  Morgan  Co Murder 

.Fayetteville,  Lincoln  Co Murder 

Fayetteville,  Lincoln  Co Murder 

.Near  Ootlewah,  James  Co Attempted  rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


93 


TENNESSEE— Continued 


1890 

Jan.  8 SIMPSON,  FRANK Lexington,  Henderson  Co Rape 

“ x FULLER,  HARRISON  Lexington.  Henderson  Co Rape 

Mar.  22  ...M  URPH  Y,  WILLIAM  Huntsville.  Scott  Co Murder 

Apr.  17  DOUGLAS,  YORK  .McMinnville,  Warren  Co.  Incendiarism 

“ 18 SA  VAOB,  ST Eli LI  NO Irving  College By  moonshiners 

* 26 ...HILLIS,  WILLIAM Shellsford Murder 

* 20....  HILLIS,  VICTOR Shellsford.. Mulder 

“ 27. .. .01 VE NS,  O.  H. Dandridge,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

June  12  CLAY,  SAMUEL  Martin,  Weakley  Co  Attempted  rape 

■ :;<>  UNKNOWN  NEGRO  Near  Trent Gibson  Co.  Rape 

July..  0 CROSS,  NIMROD Sardis,  Henderson  Co Rape 

Nov.  15  ALLEN,  CHARLES  .McKenzie,  Carroll  Co Rape 

" Ui  DONALD,  SAMUEL  M.  Huntingdon,  Carroll  Co Threats 


1897 

Feb.  17  ...TWO  NEGROES. Webb  City Arson 

* 26  ...BROWN,  CHARLES  Soddy,  Hamilton  Co Attempted  rape 

Mar.  3. ..WHALEY,  WILLIAM  ..Sevierville,  Sevier  Co By  white  caps 

* 3 WHALE  Y,  MRS.  WILLI. t .If. .Sevierville,  Sevier  Co.  By  white  caps 

June  23  . ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Newcastle Murder 

July  15 WILLIAMSON,  TONY  West  Point,  Lawrence  Co Murder 

1898 

Mar.  21. ..COLLAR,  JOHN  Godson Attempted  rape 

May  27  ..  MITCHELL,  JOSEPH  Rives,  Obion  Co Murder 

June  23.  WASHINGTON.  CHARLES Mine  Lick—. Rape 

Aug.  8 THURMOND,  RICHARD Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co.._ Attempted  rape 

Sept.  26  . WILLIAMS,  JOHN Mountain  City,  Johnson  Co Rape 

Nov.  19  ...SMART,  JOHN , Chapelton Race  prejudice 

1899 

Jan.  17.  CALL,  GEORGE Lynchburg,  Moore  Co Bad  reputation 

“ 17 — SHAW,  JOHN Lynchburg,  Moore  Co.._ Bad  reputation 

Apr.  18 LAR NE,  .1.  M Henderson,  Chester  Co Murder 

Aug.  11. ...CHAMBERS,  WILLIAM Bellbuckle,  Bedford  Co Rape 


1900 

Jan.  9 G1VENEY,  HENRY Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co Murder 

“ 9 GIVENEY,  ROGER Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co Murder 

“ 16....GANSE,  ANDERSON Henning,  Lauderdale  Co Aiding  in  escape 

of  murderer 

Mar.  23.  RICE,  LEWIS Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co Testifying  for  one 

of  his  own  race 

Sept.  10  REAMS,  LOGA.N Duplex.- Attempted  rape 

“ 26  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Near  South  Pittsburg,  Marion  Co Rape 

Oct.  3.  WILLIAMS,  Tiptonville,  Lake  Co Robbery 

1901 

Feb.  IS  KING,  FRED Dyersburg,  Dyer  Co Attempted  rape 

Mar.  16... .CRUTCHFIELD,  BALLIE Rome,  Smith  Co Alleged  theft 

“ 17 ....FITZGERALD,  ISAAC Tiptonville,  Lake  Co Rape 

Apr.  29....MALLORY,  WYATT Springfield,  Robertson  Co.  Murder 

“ 2 ..  .DAVIS,  CHARLES ..Smithville,  De  Kalb  Co Rape 

“ 25...  NOLES,  HENRY Near  Winchester,  Franklin  Co Murder 

Oct.  4.  McCLENNON,  WALTER Huntingdon,  Carroll  Co Assaulting  white 

man 

“ 7.. ..FOUR  NEGROES Caney  Springs,  Marshall  Co Theft 

1902 

Feb.  6 WHITAKER,  ENLESS Lynchburg,  Moore  Co Murder 

May  12  ..UNDERWOOD,  JAS.  _ Decatur,  Meigs  Co Making  threats 

Oct.  8. ...BURLEY,  GARFIELD Newburn,  Dyer  Co Murder 

“ 8 . ..BROWN,  CURTIS. Newburn,  Dyer  Co Murder 

Nov.  13. ...DAVIS,  JOHN Lewisburg,  Marshall  Co Murder 


1903 

June  24  . ..JONES,  CHARLES— Elk  Valley,  Campbell  Co Rape 

Aug.  5. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO  Lewisburg,  Marshall  Co Unknown  offense 

“ 5...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Lewisburg,  Marshall  Co Unknown  offense 

Sept.  — SMALL,  ALLEN Lynchburg,  Moore  Co Attempted  rape 

Dec.  10  ...BRAKE,  JOSEPH Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co Murder 


94  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TENNESSEE — Continued 

1904 

Jan.  3. ...ALEXANDER,  ROBERT Ripley,  Lauderdale  Co Race  prejudice 

Apr.  29....SEACEY,  THOS Haywood Rape 

1905 

Mar.  8....GWYN,  R.ONCE— Tullahoma,  Coffee  Co Theft 

Oct.  10 ....BILLINGS,  LUTHER Brunswick,  Shelby  Co Attempted  rape 

1906 

Mar.  19.... JOHNSON,  ED Chattanooga,  Hamilton  Co Murder 

Oct.  29.. . ESTES.  GEO. Hales  Point,  Lauderdale  Co Murder 

1907 

July  22... .TWO  NEGROES.. Lake  Co Fighting  white  man 

1908 

Jan.  21. ...COLE,  WALTER Morgan  Co Murder 

May  8— .GARVARD,  ELMO Pulaski,  Giles  Co Attempted  rape 

July  14.... JONES,  HUGH Middleton,  Hardeman  Co Attempted  rape 

Aug.  28....JOHNSON,  GEO Murfreesboro,  Rutherford  Co Attempted  rape 

Oct.  19  . ..TAYLOR,  R.  E. Walnut  Log By  night  riders 

“ 19 . ..RANKIN,  QUINTEN.. Walnut  Log By  night  riders 

“ 30 COOK,  GEO Kingston,  Roane  Co Murder 

Nov.  24....STINEBACK,  MARSHALL Tiptonville,  Lake  Co Murder 

“ 24....STINEBACK,  EDWARD Tiptonville,  Lake  Co... Murder 

“ 24....STINEBACK,  TENNES Tiptonville,  Lake  Co Murder 

1909 

July  20....LAWSON,  ALBERT Paris,  Henry  Co Murder 

Sept.  11....SPE  NCER,  JO  H ,V.__ Jonesboro,  Washington  Co Murder 

1910 

Sept.  13.... SHARP,  WILLIAM Tiptonville,  Lake  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 13  . ..BRUCE,  ROBERT.. Tiptonville,  Lake  Co Attempted  rape 

1911 

May  25....SWEET,  JAMES Gallatin,  Sumner  Co Murder 

June  1....CRUMP,  PATRICK White  Haven,  Shelby  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 8 WINSTON,  JOHN— Lafayette,  Macon  Co Murder 

Dec.  6. ...TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES Near  Clifton,  Wayne  Co Race  prejudice 

“ 6....UNNAMED  NEGRO Near  Clifton,  Wayne  Co ...Race  prejudice 


1912 

Feb.  15...  UNNAMED  NEGRO Memphis,  Shelby  Co 

“ 19..  GRER,  WALTER Shclbyville,  Bedford  Co. 

“ 19  . ..NEAL,  DAVID  Shelbyville,  Bedford  Co. 

“ 19...  BOMAN,  GREEN  Shelbyville,  Bedford  Co. 

May  27.. ..SAMUELS,  JACOB Robertson  Co... 


Rape 

Murder 
Murder 
.Murder 
Rape 


1913 

Mar.  21...  GREGSON,  JOHN Union  City,  Obion  Co Murder 

Nov.  7....TALLEY,  JOHN Dyersburg,  Dyer  Co Attempted  rape 


1915 

Apr.  28.  BROOKS,  THOMAS Somerville,  Fayette  Co... 

Sept.  4.. ..WILSON,  Dresden,  Weakley  Co.._. 


Murder 
Rape 


1910 

Mar.  1.  .. WHITLEY,  WILLIAM Lebanon,  Wilson  Co.. 

“ 19....THOMAS,  WM Dyersburg,  Dyer  Co. 


Murder 

Shooting  officer 


1917 

May  22.. ..PERSON,  ELL Memphis,  Shelby  Co. 

Aug.  24...  SHEPPARD,  LAWRENCE Near  Memphis,  Shelby  Co. 

Dec.  2 . ..SCOTT,  LIGON— Dyersburg,  Dyer  Co 


Alleged  rape 
and  murder 

Larceny 

Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


95 


TEXAS 


1889 


Feb.  19  ...TWO  NEGROES  (2) Liberty,  Texas... 

“ 20. ...B ROW N,  ASA.~ San  Saba  Co 

“ 20...  SMITH,  W.  L San  Saba  Co 

Apr.  15... DRIGGS,  GEO. Hempstead,  Waller  Co. 

May  17  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Millican,  Brazos  Co 

.July  14...  DAVIS,  HENRY Waco,  McLennan  Co 

* 26....LEWIS,  GEORGE Belen,  Paso  Co 

“ 28... LINDLEY,  GEO. Greenville,  Hunt  Co 

Aug.  14. ...BROOKS,  JAMES Orange,  Orange  Co 

Dec.  14... TWO  OUTLAWS  (2)..._ White  Rock 

“ 28 — O'DELL,  Uvalde,  Uvalde  Co.. 

“ 28 ...  O'DELL,  WM.. Uvalde.  Uvalde  Co 


Murder 

Unknown  offense 
.Unknown  offense 

Rape 

Alleged  rape 

Unknown 

Poisoning  a well 
...Cause  unknown 

Rape 

...Cause  unknown 

Outlaw 

Outlaw 


1890 


Mar.  27 ...  UNKNOWN... HedsvUle 

Apr.  5 ...UNKNOWN.. r Thornton,  Limestone  Co 

“ 5. ...WILLIAMS,  Kosse,  Limestone  Co 

“ 20. ...JACOBS,  STEPHEN Fay 

“ . — GARRETTE,  SIMEON San  Augustine,  San  Augustine 

Co 

“ 24.. ..TEEL,  JERRY San  Augustine,  San  Augustine 

Co 

* 24  .UNKNOWN.. Cameron  Station,  Milam  Co 

May  12.. ..BENNETT,  EDWARD.. Heame,  Robertson  Co 

June  1...  BROWN,  THOMAS.. Hooks  Ferry,  Bowie  Co 

“ 20.... A NEGRO Livingston,  Polk  Co 

* 28... UNKNOWN. Antlers. 

July  3 . ..HENRY,  PATRICK Nechesvillc.  .. 

“ 22  YOUNG,  ANDY Red  R.  Co.  .. . 

‘ 30...  HAWKINS,  WILLIAM... Cypress,  Harris  Co... 

Aug.  4. ...BROWN,  JOHN Navasota,  Grimes  Co 

8 . ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO Anderson,  Grimes  Co 

* 14....TWO  UNKNOWN  NEGROES  (2). Mexia,  Limestone  Co. 


Murder 

Rape 

Rape 

Incendiarism 

Attempt  to  kill 

Attempt  to  kill 

Rape 

Rape 

Murder 

Murder 

Cause  unknown 

Gambling 

..Race  prejudice 

Theft 

Rape 

Rape 

Rape 


1891 

Jan.  1 ...BEALLE,  CHARLES.. Lang Rape 

Feb.  7 ...SALCEDA,  JESUS Knickerbocker,  Tom  Greene  Co...L'nknown  cause 

“ 17...  REBIN,  THOMAS Douglas,  Nacogdoches  Co. Desperado 

24. ...ROWLAND,  THOMAS Douglas,  Nacogdoches  Co Robbery 

“ 27. ...WILLI  AMS,  JASPER  AND 

TWO  OT HERS Sea  Junction By  vigilantes 

Apr.  1..... FIELD,  WILLIAM Mineola,  Wood  Co Attempted  rape 

May  28 — SHEPPARD,  MO N ROE Belton,  Bell  Co Unknown  cause 

June  8 ....SHELBY,  EVAN  E Wickliffe... Murder 

“ 28... HARTFIELD,  WILLIAM Cass  Co Being  troublesome 

“ 28... .SHEPPARD,  MUNN Cass  Co Being  troublesome 

July  22.... JOHNSON,  WILLIAM Henderson,  Garfield  Co...  Rape 

Oct.  26.. ..GREEN,  LEO Linden Murder 

Nov.  13. ...TWO  NEGROES  (2) Burnet. Unknown  cause 

“ 22.. ..BLACK,  WILLIAM Moscow,  Beaver  Co Insults 


Jan.  29 ....SHIELDS,  JOSEPH 

Apr.  26.  A NEGRO.. 

June  10  COOK,  TOBE 

“ 28  WOOD,  PRINCE  

“ 28....SMITH,  THOMAS 

“ 28. ..GAINES,  HENRY 

Sept.  6 WALKER,  JOHN  

“ 6 ARMOR,  WILLIAM  

“ 6.  RANSOM,  JOHN 

“ 19  A NEGRO... 

“ 23... .SULLIVAN,  WILLIAM .... 


1892 


.Thompsons,  Fort  Bend  Co Unknown  cause 

Riesil,  McLennan  Co- Murder 

Bastrop,  Bastrop  Co Rape 

.Spurger,  Tyler  Co Rape 

.Spurger,  Tyler  Co Rape 

.Spurger,  Tyler  Co Rape 

.Paris,  Lamar  Co Rioting 

.Paris,  Lamar  Co Rioting 

.Paris,  Lamar  Co Rioting 

.Paris,  Lamar  Co .Rape 

.Plantersville,  Grimes  Co Rape 


Jan.  31....SMITH,  HENRY- 

Feb.  17.  BUTLER,  WILLIAM 

June  14. ...WILLIAMS,  GEORGE ... 

July  16 1 AZO,  M 

Aug.  31. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO 


1893 


Paris,  Lamar  Co Murder 

Hickory  Creek Race  prejudice 

Near  Waco,  McLennan  Co Rape 

Near  El  Paso,  El  Paso  Co Murder 

-Yarborough,  Grimes  Co Unknown  cause 


96  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TEXAS — Continued 

1894 

Jan.  7. ...MILLER,  JUDAS Ft.  Reynold Unknown  offense 

Feb.  10. ...DILLINGHAM,  JESSIE Smokeyville Train  wrecking 

Apr.  14. ...CREWS,  JACK Gainesville,  Cooke  Co Murder 

“ 14. ...BREN,  ALFRED... Gatesville,  Coryell  Co Unknown 

May  9 . ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO West  Texas. .......Writing  letter  to 

white  woman 

“ 17.. ..SCOTT,  HENRY Jefferson,  Marion  Co Murder 

June  13. ...HALL,  LON Sweet  Home,  Lavaca  Co Murder 

“ 13. ...COOK,  BASCOM Sweet  Home,  Lavaca  Co Murder 

“ 29. ...WILLIAMS,  JOHN Sulphur  Springs,  Hopkins  Co Murder 

July  20...  GRIFFITH,  WILLIAM  Woodville,  Tyler  Co.  Rape 

Oct.  8... .GIBSON,  HENRY Fairfield,  Freestone  Co.  Attempted  rape 

Dec.  20.. ..ALLEN,  JAMES Brownsville,  Cameron  Co Arson 


1895 


Jan.  9 ....BO  YD,  T HOM AS.- Bowie,  Montague  Co 

Mar.  1 1 MANION,  ISAAC Athens.  

Apr.  12  ...CALHOUN,  NELSON Corsicana,  Navarro  Co 

“ 30...  JONES,  GEORGE  (INDIAN) Devers,  Liberty  Co ... 

May  25....CROC  KER,  JOHN,  WIFE 

AND  SON  (3) Wharton,  Wharton  Co 

June  11.  .. JOHNSON,  WILLIAM Lufkin. 

“ 11.  ..WHITE,  ALEXANDER Keno... 

“ 1 1 ...CHERRY,  JOHN. Keno.... 

July  20. ...PHILLIPS,  MRS.  ABE Mant,  Sanpete  Co 

“ 20. ...PHILLIPS,  HANNAH  E Mant,  Sanpete  Co. 

“ 20. ...PHILLIPS,  ABE,  Jr Mant,  Sanpete  Co 

“ 20  PHILLIPS,  EDWARD Manr,  Sanpete  Co 

“ 20  JOHNSON,  BENJAMIN Mant,  Sanpete  Co 

“ 20... .TAYLOR,  K.  D Mant,  Sanpete  Co 

“ 23.. ..UNKNOWN  WOMAN Brenham,  Washington  Co 

“ 29....LOFTIN,  SQUIRE. Lexington,  Lee  Co..__ 

Aug.  2. ...MASON,  JAMES Daingerfield,  Morris  Co 

“ 2.  .MASON,  MRS.  JAMES Daingerfield,  Morris  Co 

“ 12  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Delta  Co 

“ 22  . UNKNOWN  NEGRO Wharton,  Wharton  Co 

“ 26.. ..COLE,  JEFFERSON. Paris,  Lamar  Co 

Oct.  14 S UITTA,  FLO  AN  TIN  A (F;....Catula 

“ 29...  HILLIARD,  HENRY.. Tyler,  Smith  Co... 

Nov.  21....A  NEGRO.. Madison  Co... 


...  Alleged  murder 

Murder 

Rape 

Assault 

Murder 

Rape 

Murder 

Murder 

....Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

Race  prejudice 

...Rape 

.Unknown  offense 
.Unknown  offense 

Race  prejudice 

Murder 

Race  prejudice 

Murder 

Murder 

Guilty  of  no 

offense 


1896 

Feb.  20....LEWIS,  T Wichita  Falls,  Wichita  Co Robbery'  and 

murder 

“ 29 ....CRAWFORD,  FOSTER Wichita  Falls,  Wichita  Co Robbery  and 

murder 

May  3....BENBY,  WILLIAM Beaumont,  Jefferson  Co... Murder 

June  10.. ..WHITEHEAD,  LOUIS Bryan,  Bracos  Co Rape 

“ 10...  JOHNSON,  GEORGE  J. Bryan,  Brazos  Co Rape 

Aug.  13....GAY,  BENJAMIN Hopkins  Co...._ -Arson 


Jan.  25.  WASHINGTON,  EUGENE 

Mar.  5 . ..UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Apr.  27  WRIGHT,  HAL 

“ 27.  WRIGHT,  RUSSELL 

“ —....BROWN,  ROB 

“ 30  . ..RHONE,  FAYETTE 

“ 30  GATES,  WILLIAM 

“ 30  THOMAS,  LEWIS 

“ 30.  ..THOMAS,  JAMES 

“ 30.  THOMAS,  BENJAMIN 

“ 30  . WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM 

“ 30.  THOMAS,  AARON 

May  14. ...COTTON,  DAVID  

“ 14.  WILLIAMS,  HENRY 

“ 14...  STEWART,  SABE 

“ 18.. ..WHITE,  WILLIAM 

“ 18...  WHITE,  WILLIAM 

“ 18. ...WHITE,  JOHN 

* 21  ...  PETER  

* 23.  . JONES,  WILLIAM  


1897 


Burglary 

.Harrison  Co — 

Robbery  and  arson 

.Harrison  Co 

....Robbery  and  arson 

.Harrison  Co 

...Robbery  and  arson 

Murder 

Murder 

.Sunnyside,  Waller  Co. 

Murder 

Murder 

Sunnvside,  Waller  Co 

Attenuated  nine 

.,San  Augustine,  San  Augustine  Co Murder 

San  Augustine,  San  Augustine  Co Murder 

.San  Augustine,  San  Augustine  Co Murder 

Brown  Co Cause  unknown 

.Tyler,  Smith  Co 

Murder 

Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


97 


TEXAS — Continued 

Aug.  6 ..  .WHITE,  ESSECK Nacogdoches,  Nacogdoches  Co Rape 

* 10.  JONES,  REV.  CAPTAIN Paris,  Lamar  Co — Elopement 

* 26  BONNER,  Bellville,  Austin  Co..__ Rape 

* 26  ...JOHNSON.  WESLY Mooreville Attempted  rape 

Oct.  11  CARTER,  ROBERT Brenham,  Washington  Co Murder 

Nov.  18 . ..SWEAT,  THOMAS Bryan,  Brazos  Co Murder 

1898 

Apr.  5.—GUILEN,  CARLOS  Brownsville,  Cameron  Co Murder 

June  6.  WASHINGTON,  GEORGE  __ Wemar,  Weno  Murder 

Aug.  8....0GG,  DAN Palestine.  Anderson  Co Rape 

1899 

May  23...  H UMPHR  Y AND  TWO 

SONS,  JAS.  (3)., Ally Helping  murderer 

to  escape 

July  1.  . THOMPSON,  ALLIE Waskom,  Harrison  Co .Rape 

■ 9 ....BRAKE,  BUD Corning Accomplice  in 

murder 

* 14..  BROWN,  ABE Gilead. Rape  and  murder 

* 14  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Iola,  Grimes  Co... Murder 

* 16...  McGEE,  HARRY Navasota,  Grimes  Co Murder 

* 25...  HAMILTON,  HENRY Near  Navasota,  Grimes  Co Incendiarism 

1900 

Feb.  11....S1PEE N K,  JAMES Port  Arthur,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

Nov.  15  THREE  NEGROES  (3) Jefferson,  Marion  Co .Attempted  murder 

1901 

Feb.  11...  CARTER,  GEORGE Paris,  Lamar  Co Rape 

Mar.  13  HENDERSON,  JOHN Corsicana,  Navarro  Co Rnpe 

Aug.  1...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Mobile,  Tyler  Co Insulting  white 

woman 

“ 20  ... WILDER,  ABE,., Dexter,  Cooke  Co Murder 

■ 25.. ..M ART!  NEZ,  FELIX Kenedy,  Karnes  Co Unknown 

Oct.  3.  ..FIVE  NEGROES  (5) Harrison Quarrel  over  profit 

sharing 

“ 25.  GORDON,  GALNER Quitman,  Wood  Co Murder 

Dec.  25...  McCLINTON,  J.  H. Paris,  Lamar  Co Unknown  offense 

1902 

Mar.  11  BIRD,  NATHAN _ Luling,  Caldwell  Co Unknown  offense 

“ 11...  SON  OF  BIRD Luling,  Caldwell  Co Unknown  offense 

May  22.  MORGAN,  DUDLEY ...Long  View,  Gregg  Co,_ Criminal  assault 

Sept.  4 . WALKER,  JESSE Hempstead,  Waller  Co Rape 

Oct.  4.. ..DUNCAN,  UTT._ Columbus,  Colorado  Co -Attempted  rape 

* 21. ...WESLEY,  JOS Hempstead,  Waller  Co Rape 

* 21.  BARTON,  REDDISH Hempstead,  Waller  Co _ Rape 

1903 

Jan.  14, ..O’NEAL,  RANSOM _.._Angleton,  Brazoria  Co Murder 

“ 14....TUNSTALL,  CHARLES., Angleton,  Brazoria  Co ..Murder 

Apr.  26 JOHNSON,  HENSLEY  Carthage,  Panola  Co Attempted  rape 

Mas-  27  .UNKNOWN Kemp,  Kaufman  Co Rape 

July  23, ..ALLEN,  MOONY Beaumont,  Jefferson  Co Murder 

July  31. ...UNKNOWN., Near  Alto,  Cherokee  Co Assault 

Oct.  1.— DAVIS,  WALKER Marshall,  Harrison  Co Murder 


1904 

July  30—.LARREMORE,  JNO Lockhart,  Caldwell  Co Race  prejudice, 

by  white  caps 

Aug.  31, ..TURNER,  OSCAR Weimar,  Colorado  Co -Attempted  rape 

Sept.  l.—TUCKER,  OSCAR Weimar,  Colorado  Co Rape 

1905 

Feb.  16 ...MUNOZ,  CARLOS Near  Dale,  Caldwell  Co Rape 

“ 17,, JOHNSON,  WM — Smithville,  Bastrop  Co Rape 

Mar.  14.—STEVENS,  JULIUS Long  View,  Gregg  Co ..Murderous  assault 

June  20,, SIMON,  FORD Riverside,  Walker  Co Rape 

July  14  , MASON,  FRANK Golinda,  Goliad  Co Rape 

“ 20—GREEN,  SAM New  Braunfels,  Comal  Co Rape 

• 29—UNKNOWN  NEGRO .Avery,  Avalon  Co Rape 


98  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


TEXAS — Continued 

Aug.  8 . ..MAJORS,  SANK Waco,  McLennan  Co Rape 

“ 11....WILL1  AMS,  T HOS Sulphur  Springs,  Hopkins  Co .Attempted  rape 

“ 14... .WILLIAMS,  THOS Sulphur  Springs,  Hopkins  Co Attempted  rape 

Sept.  7. ...DA VIS,  STEPHEN Italy,  Ellis  Co Rape 

Nov.  11... .REESE,  JOHN Henderson,  Rusk  Co Murder 

“ 11.. ..ASKEW,  ROBT. Henderson,  Rusk  Co Murder 

“ 1 1....UNKN OWN  NEGRO Henderson,  Rusk  Co Murder 

1906 

Jan.  10  . ..HARRIS,  BENJ Moscow,  Polk  Co Murder 

Apr.  24. ...NEGRO Groesbech,  Limestone  Co Rape 

“ 25.. ..NEGRO Oakwood,  Leon  Co Rape 

Sept.  15. ...FRAZIER,  MITCHELL Rosebud,  Falls  Co Murderous  assault 

Oct.  26.. ..PITTS,  “SLAB” Toyah,  Reeves  Co Marrying  a white 

woman 


1907 

July  14.. ..WILSON,  FRED Del  Rio,  Valverde  Co Murder 

Aug.  6...  HALL,  THOS Goliad,  Goliad  Co Attempted  assault 

Nov.  4....JOHNSON,  ALEX.  Caneron,  Milam  Co Attempted  rape 

Dec.  26.. ..CALLAWAY,  ANDERSON Marquez,  Leon  Co.._ ...Attempted  rape 


1908 

Feb.  28  . ..SCOTT,  CLEM Conroe,  Montgomery  Co Attempted  rape 

Mar.  10...  CAMPBELL,  JOHN Navosota,  Grimes  Co. Murderous  assault 

“ 24. ...UNNAMED  NEGRO Conroe,  Montgomery  Co Attempted  rape 

“ 24...  TWO  UNNAMED  NEGROES  (2). Magnolia,  Montgomery  Co ...Attempted  rape 

Apr.  9.. ..FIELDS,  ALBERT.. Long  View,  Gregg  Co Rape 

19. ...DOUGLAS,  JASPER Atlanta,  Cass  Co * Rape 

May  7....WHLIAMS,  JOHN. Naples  Morris  Co Murder 


“ 22  . JOHNSON,  WM 

Murder 

“ 22.  MANUEL,  WM.  

“ 22..  McCOY— “RABBIT  BILL” 

Murder 

“ 22.  SPELLMAN,  MOSES  . . 

Murder 

“ 22.  WILLIAMS,  FRANK 

Murder 

“ 22.  ...TWO  UNIDENTIFIED  (2) 

Murder 

“ 22.  WILLIAMS,  CLEVELAND  

Murder 

July  15.  UNNAMED  NEGRO 

“ 28.  SMITH,  TAD  

....Beaumont,  Jefferson  Co.._ 

...Mistaken  identity 
.._  Rape 

Aug.  15.  .. JACKSON,  MOSES  

Sept.  1.3  NEWTON,  DANIEL 

. ..Bellville,  Austin  Co 

....Brodeshire 

Unknown  reason 

Murder 

Mar.  7...  ELLIS,  ANDERSON.. 

1909 

Rape 

Apr.  27.  HODGES,  JAS. 

Rape 

“ 30. ..“CREOLE  MOSE” 

Murder 

“ 30.  HILL,  “PIE”..  . 

Murder 

“ 30....CHASE,  MATTHEW  

May  28.  B URNETT,  THOS 

Sept.  13..  . UNNAMED  NEGRO 

Bellamy 

Murder 

“ 13. ...UNNAMED  NEGROES  (2) Sandy  Point,  Brazoria  Co Murder 

Dec.  20  ... MILLS,  COPE Rosebud,  Falls  Co Murder 


Feb.  2.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO  

1910 

Mar.  3.  BROOKS,  HOLLAND 

Apr.  5.  BATES,  FRANK 

June  26.  JOHNSON,  LEONARD 

Rusk,  Cherokee  Co 

Murder 

July  5 UNNAMED  NEGRO 

Attempted  rape 

12....GE  NTH  Y.  HENRY 

Belton.  Bell  Co 

leged  rape 

(There  were  fifteen  victims  of  race  rioting  in  Texas  in  July,  which  are  not  included  as 
lynchings.  Race  Riot  in  Texas  growing  out  of  a quarrel  between  a colored  and  white  man.) 


Nov.  8 ...RODIG  U EZ,  ANTONIO Rock  Springs,  Edwards  Co Murder 


1911 

June  20  . ..MEXICAN  BOY.._ Thorndale,  Milan  Co — Murder 

Aug.  12  JONES,  “COMMODORE” Farmersville,  Collin  Co Insulting  women 

Oct.  29  UNNAMED  NEGRO Marshall.  Harrison  Co.  ..Attempted  rnpe 

Nov.  8...  JOHNSON,  RILEY.. Clarksville,  Red  River  Co... Attempted  rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


99 


TEXAS — Continued 
1912 

Feb.  13....SAONDERS,  GEO Marshall,  Ilarrison  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

* 13....JACKSON,  MARY. Marshall,  Harrison  Co Complicity  in 

murder 

May  25....DAVIS,  DAN. Tyler,  Smith  Co Rape 


Jan.  17  . MONSON,  HENRY 

“ 23  STANLEY,  RICHARD 

Feb.  25  ANDERSON,  

“ 25.  PERRY,  ROBERT.- 

June  4 UNNAMED  NEGRO 
“ 5 GALLOWAY,  RICHARD 

Sept.  21....DA VIS,  WILLIAM 


1913 


Paris,  Lamar  Co Murder 

Fullbright,  Red  River  Co Rape 

Near  Marshall,  Harrison  Co Murder 

Karnach,  Harrison  Co Horse  stealing 

Beaumont,  Jefferson  Co Murderous  assault 

.Newton  Co .. Race  trouble 

.Franklin,  Robertson  Co Murder 


1914 

Jan.  8. ...LEE,  DAVID Jefferson,  Marion  Co 

Mar.  13...  WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM Hearne,  Robertson  Co 

June  7....ROBERTSON,  WILLIAM Navasota,  Grimes  Co 

Oct.  17....DURFEE,  JOSEPH .Angleton,  Brazoria  Co 


..Murderous  assault 

Murder 

Murder 

Murder 


1915 

May  9...  UNIDENTIFIED  NEGRO Big  Sandy,  Upshur  Co Murder 

July  29....MUNZ,  ADOLFO _ Brownsville,  Cameron  Co Murder 

Aug.  20....SIX  MEXICANS  (6) San  Benito,  Cameron  Co Pillage  and  murder 

“ 24 ....SLOVAK,  JOHS Shiner,  Lavaca  Co -...Wife  beating 

" 29. ...RICHMOND,  KING. Sulphur  Springs,  Hopkins  Co Murder 

Sept.  3.... THREE  MEXICANS  (3). Murder 

‘ 14. ...SIX  MEXICANS  (6) San  Benito  and  Edenburg, 

Co._ Banditry 

Oct.  10... .TEN  MEXICANS  (10) Near  Brownsville,  Cameron 

Co Train-wrecking  and 

murder 


1916 

Jan.  24 ....M A XFIELD,  W.  J Boston,  Bowie  Co Murder 

May  5 . ..DIXON,  THOMAS Hempstead,  Waller  Co Rape 

“ 15.. ..JESS,  WASHINGTON Waco,  McLennan  Co Rape  and  murder 

June  20....LERMA,  JERONIMO Brownsville,  Cameron  Co Murderous  assault 

Aug.  7. ...BROWN,  STEPHEN Seymour,  Baylor  Co Murder 

“ 19. ...LANG,  EDWARD Rice,  Navarro  Co Murder 

Oct.  5....SPENCER,  WILLIAM Graceton,  Upshur  Co -Alleged  murder 

Nov.  5.... JOHNSON,  JOSEPH Bay  City,  Matagorda  Co Murder 

“ 29... .THOMAS,  BUCK Clarksville,  Red  River  Co Murderous  assault 


June  22...  HARPER,  BENJAMIN. 

“ 23...  HAYS,  ELIJAH 

• 25....SAWYER,  CHARLES 

• 29.. ..JEFFERSON,  ROBT.._ 

July  3....GUIDRY,  GILBERT 

‘ 23....UNNAMED 

Aug.  22 JONES,  CHARLES.- 

Sept.  3 JENNINGS,  CHARLES— 

“ 21....SMITH,  BERT 


1917 

.Courtney,  Grimes  Co Murder 

..Reisel Striking  white 

woman 

-Galveston,  Galveston  Co Rape 

Temple No  cause 

.Orange.- - -Attempted  rape 

.Elysian  Fields. .Entering  white 

woman’s  room 

.Near  Marshall,  Harrison  Co Attempted  rape 

.Beaumont Cause  unknown 

.Goose  Creek,  Harris  Co -Attempted  rape 


VIRGINIA 


1889 

Mar.  14.. ..FLETCHER,  MAGRUDER Tasley,  Accomac  Co Rape 

Apr.  3.. ..ROLAND,  MARTIN Abingdon,  Washington  Co Murder 

“ 23... BAILEY,  SCOTT Halifax Rape 

June  1 1 ...FORBES,  JOHN Petersburg,  Dinwiddie  Co Alleged  rape 

Sept.  16—GARNER,  SAMUEL— Bluefield,  Mercer  Co Rape 

Nov.  8.. ..ANDERSON,  OWEN Leesburg,  Loudoun  Co -Attempted  rape 

* 23.. ..BLAND,  ROBERT. Petersburg,  Dinwiddie  Co Cause  unknown 


100  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


VIRGINIA— Continued 

1890 

July  10....A  NEGRO Lebanon,  Russell  Co Making  threats 

Dec.  24... .FIVE  NEGROES Mecklenburg  Co Murder 

1891 

Feb.  23 . ..BISHOP,  SCOTT Blackstone,  Nottaway  Co Robbery 

Mar.  18....BELA,  NOGRADE Branchville,  Southampton  Co Stealing 

Apr.  G....P  UMILL,  THOMAS Gladys,  Campbell  Co Robbery 

Oct.  17... .SCOTT,  JAMES Clifton  Forge,  Alleghany  Co Rioting 

1892 

Feb.  12....LA VENDER,  WILLIAM. Roanoke,  Roanoke  Co Attempted  rape 

Mar.  18....HEPLIN,  LEE Farquhar  Co Murder 

“ 18.. ..DYE,  JOSEPH. Farquhar  Co. Murder 

Apr.  9.. ..BRANDON,  ISAAC.- Charles  City,  Charles  City  Co Attempted  rape 

July  9.... ANDERSON,  WILLIAM Louisa  Court  House,  Louisa  Co...  Rape 

Nov.  1 ....TWO  BURGESS  BROT  H ERS.Lebanoa,  Russell  Co Murder 


Feb. 

1.  BROWN,  JERRY 

1893 

Murder 

“ 

1... BRANCH,  SPENCER 

Murder 

1.  .. JOHNSON,  JOHN 

1 ELLERSON,  SAM 

Mar. 

1 ANTHONY.  ABNER 

Rape 

May  12.  A NEGRO 

June  13  SHORTER.  WILLIAM 

Rape 

Oct. 

2....McFADDEN,  GEORGE 

Rape 

Nov. 

1... REDMOND,  ABRAHAM 

Desperado 

4.  WAGNER,  EDWARD 

....Alleged  barn- 

« 

4....WAGNER,  WILLIAM— 

4 . MOTLOW,  SAM 

Lynchburg,  Campbell  Co 

Lynchburg,  Campbell  Co 

burning 

burning 

1894 

Apr.  27.. ..ROBINSON,  JAMES Manassas,  Prince  William  Co Rape 

“ 27..  WHITE,  BENJAMIN Manassas,  Prince  William  Co Rape 

May  17  . ..WOOD,  SAMUEL Gate  City,  Scott  Co Without  cause 

June  8.. ..KEMP,  ISAAC Cape  Charles,  Northampton  Co Murder 

Nov.  10  ..YOUNGER,  LAWRENCE Lloyds,  Essex  Co Murder 

“ 10 ....WILLIAMS,  CHARLES Lloyds,  Essex  Co... Murder 


Sept.  10  ..  WINGFIELD,  WESLEY,. 

Dec.  2....POSS,  

“ 2 ...HENRIP,  


Mar.  14.  CLEMENT,  WILLIAM...- 

Apr.  2.  McCOY,  JOS 

Aug.  20 ....NOWHIR,  JOHN  E 

Sept.  6.  WALL,  HENRY 

Oct.  2 ....FALLS,  PEB.  (WOMAN) 


Apr.  29....SM I T H,  PARIS 

July  12.  JAMES,  JOHN  H 


1895 

Lunenburg,  Lunenburg  Co Attempted  rape 

.Fairfax  Court  House,  Fairfax 

Co Murder 

.Fairfax  Court  House,  Fairfax 

Co Murder 

1897 

Lynchburg,  Campbell  Co Felony 

Alexandria,  Alexandria  Co.._ Rape 

Runneybag Revenue  informer 

Friends  Mission Rape 

..Cowans  Depot Disreputable  char- 

acter 

1898 

..Cocburn,  Wise  Co Murder 

..Charlottesville,  Albemarle  Co Rape 


1899 

Aug.  8.. ..THOMPSON,  BENJAMIN Alexandria,  Alexandria  Co Rape 

1900 

Jan.  5 ... WATES,  W.  W Newport  News,  Warwick  Co Rape 

Mar.  24...  COLTON,  WALTER Emporia,  Greensville  Co. Murder 

“ 24. ...O’GRADY,  BRANDT ..Emporia,  Grcensvillo  Co Murder 

Apr.  5. ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Southampton  Co Arson 

“ 22  . ..PETERS,  JOHN Taiewell,  TaieweU  Co Rape 

Sept.  19...  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Arrington,  Nelson  Co Rape 

Dec.  8.  LONG,  DANIEL Wythe  Co Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


101 


VIRGINIA — Continued 

1901 

Mar.  22  ...UNKNOWN  NEGRO Halifax  Co.. Araon 

July  1.... WALKER,  Lawrenceville,  Brunswick  Co Rape 

1902 

Apr.  6 ...CARTER,  JAS — Amherst,  Amherst  Co Murderous  assault 

June  6. ...GAM,  WILEY Toms  Brook,  Shenandoah  Co Attempted  rape 

• 11.  UNKNOWN  NEGRO Near  Newport  News,  War- 
wick Co Unknown  offense 

July  31. ...CRAVEN,  CHAS Leesburg,  Loudoun  Co.._ Murder 

1904 

Jan.  14...  MOSELEY,  ELMER  ... Sussex  Co Murder 

May  19.  WHITEHEAD,  Rape 

Aug.  4...  DUDLEY,  ANDREW Greenfield,  Nelson  Co.  attempted  rape 

Oct.  24. ...BLUNT,  GEO.  IT Berkely,  Norfolk  Co Assaulting  police- 

man 

1905 

Feb.  20  . ..HENDERSON,  HENRY Ingram,  Halifax  Co Race  prejudice 

1908 

Mar.  AC  KSO  N,  PRESLER Bristol,  Washington  Co Murder 

1909 

Dec.  2G....REMI  NGTON,  HE  NR  F._ Menley.__ Murder 

1910 

Nov.  30....NEAL,  MACH Warren,  Albemarle  Co Murder 

1912 

Aug.  8.. ..UNNAMED Richmond,  Henrico  Co Rape 

1915 

Dec.  9 . ..UNNAMED  NEGRO Hopeful,  Louisa  Co Theft 

1917 

Aug.  17.. ..PAGE,  WILLIAM Lilian,  Northumberland  Co Attempted  rape 

Oct.  13....CLARK,  WALTER Danville,  Pittsylvania  Co Murder 


WASHINGTON 


1890 

Jan.  7 ....SH AFFORD,  ALFRED 

Klichitat  Co.._ 

1891 

Apr.  12 ....ROSE,  JOHN Seabury,  Whitman  Co Murder 

1892 


June  16 ....FOUR  ITALIANS. ....Near  Seattle,  King  Co Murder 


Oct.  17  HIGHWAYMAN 

1893 

...Pullman,  Whitman  Co 

1894 

■ 2 PARKER,  

Aug.  14.  VINSON,  SAMUEL 

1895 

* 14  ...VINSON,  CHARLES 

Dec.  23  .MARSHALL,  CHADWICK... 

1897 

“ 23 ....McDonald,  Joseph. 

Jan.  8 CHADWIC K,  MARSHALL 

1898 

Aug.  5~. HAMILTON,  WM 

1903 

....Asolo 

102  Thirty  Years  of  Lynching  in  the  United  States 


WASHINGTON  TERRITORY 


1889 

Jan.  7....SH AFFORD,  ALFRED.. Gilman, 


..Murder 


WEST  VIRGINIA 


July  24....CARTER,  JOHN 

1889 

Hinton,  Summers  Co 

Murder 

Aug.  30  TURNER,  JOHN  

Sept.  10  ...THE  HALL  BROTHERS. 

Oct.  25 ....McCOY,  GREEN.. 

Hamlin,  Lincoln  Co 

Murder 

“ 27 ....HALEY,  MILTON 

Apr.  13. ...FOOTE,  ALEXANDER...- 

1891 

May  13....LUTHER,  MILLS 

1892 

Mercer  Co 

“ 15.— “RED”  SMITH 

“ 27.... SMITH,  JAMES 

July  6. ...JONES,  EDGAR  

Dec.  5.... COFFEE,  CORNELIUS 

Aug.  2....HOLLIDAY,  ANDERSON 

1894 

Elkhorn,  McDowell  Co 

Dee.  5.... ARTHUR , MRS.  T 

Jan.  28.... JONES,  ALEXANDER  

1896 

Bluefield,  Mercer  Co 

by  white  caps 

Feb.  1....UNKNOWN  NEGRO 

Bramwell,  Mercer  Co 

May  11—  LEE,  WILLIAM 

1900 

July  22..  . BROOKS,  WILLIAM 

1901 

Elkins,  Randolph  Co.  

Feb.  7..  . WILLIAMS,  T 

1902 

Glen  Jean,  Fayette  Co 

July  25...  JACKSON,  PETER  

.Mistaken  identity 

“ 25  ... CLEMENTS,  RUDOLPH 

“ 25— CARROLL,  WM.  

Wanelsdorf. 

“ 25.. ..TWO  NEGROES 

Feb.  4..  . BROWN,  FRANK 

1903 

Madison... 

Mar.  19.. ..BROWN,  JOS 

1909 

Nov.  3..  . LEWIS,  CHAS 

Oct.  14... NEGRO 

1910 

Huntington,  Cabell  Co. 

Sept.  5— JOHNSON,  WALTER 

1912 

Nov.  22.  .. UNIDENTIFIED  NEGRO 

1917 

Welch,  McDowell  Co 

WISCONSIN 

Nov.  25 ..  .OLSEN,  HANS  JACOB.  .. 

1889 

Preston,  Grant  Co 

Sept.  21  ....SI E DOLT,  ANTON 

1891 

Darlington,  Lafayette  Co 

Murder 

1894 

Feb.  0....PI  KKARIEN,  A Ewen,.. 


..Rape 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched 


103 


WISCONSIN— Continued 

1903 

Jan.  30 ..  .MITCHELL,  EDWARD Madison,  Dane  Co.. Murder 

WYOMING 

1889 

July  22....AVERILL,  JAMES Sweetwater Cattle  stealing 

“ 22....W ATSO N , ELLA Sweetwater Cattle  stealing 

Dec.  11....ELEVE  N OUTLAWS... Big  Horn  Basin,  Sheridan  Co Murder 

1890 

Aug.  IS....LASHMAN,  F Roslyn. Murder 

1891 

June  18.... W AGGONER,  JAMES Cook  Co Stealing  horse 

1892 

Aug.  16 ...  THREE  HIGHWA  YMEN Nassau  Creek 

Oct.  12.„TH'0  HORSE-THIEVES. Casper,  Natrona  Co 

* 16  ...BEDFORD,  J-  S. Big  Horn,  Sheridan  Co Horse-thief 

Nov.  16....  TWO  HORSE-T  H I EVES Fremont  Co.,  Wyoming  Territory 

1898 

Mar.  7 ....JOHNSON,  LOUIS  P Near  Cheyenne,  Laramie  Co Murder 

* 7....BA  NVRET,  J ..Near  CheyeDne,  Laramie  Co — Murder 

1902 

Mar.  28....  WOOD  WARD,  CHAS Casper,  Natrona  Co Murder 

1903 

May  27 ....CLIFTON,  W.  C Newcastle,  Weston  Co Murder 

July  19 ....GORMA  N,  JAMES Basin,  Big  Horn  Co ...Murder 

* 19.... WALTERS,  J.  P „ Basin,  Big  Horn  Co Murder 

1904 

Aug.  30  ...MARTIN,  JOHN  Laramie,  Albany  Co Assault 

Oct.  2....WIGFALL,  FRANK Rawlins,  Carbon  Co Murder 

1917 

Dec.  14...  HAMPTON,  WADE Rock  Springs,  Sweetwater  Co Annoying  white 

women 


PLACE  UNKNOWN 

1889 

Mar.  5 ....THREE  HORSE-T  HI  EVES “No  Man’s  Land.” 

1890 


1891 

May  22 L UPERSK  Y,  F Rape 

1893 

Feb.  7. ...GONZALEZ,  I RE  NO  L Desperado 

Nov.  21  ...JOHNSON,  F.  O Rape 

1894 

Mar.  6 RODGERS,  JOHN Larceny 

1897 

May  15 ALIVATE  (INDIAN) Murder 

1902 

Aug.  12....SAD  YERS,  CHARLES ..Murder 

1908 

Dec.  19 FRAN  KL1 N , CLEVELAND Murderous  assault 


List  of  Persons  Lynched  in  1918 
by  States 


ALABAMA 

May  22.. ..WOMACK,  JOHN... Redlevel,  Covington  Co Assault  on  white 

woman 

Nov.  11  ...BIRD,  WILLIAM Sheffield,  Colbert  Co Creating  disturbance 

“ 12.... WHITESIDE,  GEORGE. — Sheffield,  Colbert  Co Murdering  policeman 

ARKANSAS 

June  13. ...MITCHELL,  ALLEN Earle,  Crittenden  Co Wounding  white 

woman 

Aug.  28 ...  WAGNER,  FREDERIC  K (near  Hot  Springs)  Garland  Co.. .Disloyal  remarks 

Dec.  18....ROBINSON,  WILLIS Newport,  Jackson  Co..._ Murdering  policeman 

CALIFORNIA 

Sept.  3 ....CZERICH,  MARION San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  Co -..Murder 

FLORIDA 

May  22.... JACKSON,  HENRY Miami,  Dade  Co Throwing  white  man 

under  train 

Aug.  — ....UNIDENTIFIED  NEGRO Quincy,  Gadsden  Co Throwing  white  man 

under  train 


GEORGIA 


Feb.  7...  COSBY,  “BUD” 

••  7....DANSY,  ED 

Mar.  22....EVANS,  SPENCER. 


May  17 


HEAD,  WILL 

THOMPSON,  WILL— 

TURNER,  HAYES 

RILEY,  CHIME 

TURNER,  MARY  

JOHNSON,  SYDNEY 

RICE,  EUGENE 

SCHUMAN,  SIMON 

THREE  UNIDENTIFIED 
NEGROES 


.Fayetteville,  Fayette  Co Intent  to  rob  and 

kidnapping 

.Willacoochee,  Coffee  Co Killed  two  officers, 

wounded  two 

Crawfordville,  Taliaferro  Co Assault  on  colored 

woman 


Brooks  and  Lowndes  Cos...Murdering  white  man 


May  23....COBB,  JAMES 

••  25....CALHOUN,  JOHN. 

Aug.  1 1 RADNEY,  IKE 

Sept.  3....GILHAM,  JOHN 

••  24.. ..REEVES,  SANDY 


.Cordele,  Dooly  Co Murdering  white 

woman 

.Barnesville,  Pike  Co Murdering  white 

, man 

.Colquitt,  Miller  Co Killing  officer,  wound- 

ing one 

.Macon,  Bibb  Co Attacking  white 

woman 

.Way  Cross,  Ware  Co Assaulting  white 

girl 


ILLINOIS 

April  4 ....PRAEGER,  ROBERT  P Collinsville,  Madison  Co Making  disloyal  re- 

marks 


KENTUCKY 

Dec.  16.. ..LEWIS,  CHARLES Hickman,  Fulton  Co Beating  sheriff 

LOUISIANA 

Jan.  26  . ..HUDSON,  JIM  (NELSON) Benton,  Bossier  Parish Living  with  white 

woman 

(LEWIS,  JIM ) 

Feb.  26  ( JONES,  JIM  (Rayville,  Richland  Parish Stealing  hogs 

{ POWELL,  WILL  ) 

Mar.  16  . ..RICHARDS,  JOHN.. Monroe,  Ouachita  Parish Attack  on  white 

woman 

“ 16....McNEEL,  GEORGE Monroe,  Ouachita  Parish Attack  on  white 

woman 


Chronological  List  of  Persons  Lynched  in  1918  105 


April  22  WILLIAMS,  CLYDE  Monroe,  Ouachita  Parish- Shooting  white  man 

June  18.  CLAYTON,  GEORGE Mangham,  Richland  Parish  .Murdering  white  man 

Aug.  7.. ..HALL,  BOBBER.. Bastrop,  Morehouse  Parish Attacking  white 

woman 


MISSISSIPPI 


Jan.  17.  EDWARDS,  SAM 


April  20.  SINGLETON,  CLAUD 


Aug.  15. 
Dec.  21 


DUKES,  BILL 

CLARK,  MAJOR  

CLARK,  ANDREW 

HOUSE,  MAGGIE 

HOUSE,  ALMA. 


.Hazlehurst,  Copiah  Co — Murdering  17-year  old 

girl 

Poplarville,  Pearl  River  Co Murdering  white 

man 

Natchez,  Adams  Co 

Shubuta,  Clarke  Co Murdering  white  man 


NORTH  CAROLINA 

Mar.  26 ...  BAZEMORE,  PETER Lewiston,  Bertie  Co Attack  on  white 

woman 

Nov.  5... .TAYLOR,  GEORGE RolesviUe,  Wake  Co Rape 

OKLAHOMA 

June  29.  MAGILL,  L. Madill,  Marshall  Co. Assaulting  white 

woman 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

Feb.  23  . BEST,  WALTER Fairfax,  Barnwell  Co Murder 

TENNESSEE 

Feb.  10....LYCH,  G.  W EstiU  Springs,  Franklin  Co. Aiding  colored  man 

(Mcllheron)  in  es- 
cape 

" 12...  McILHERON,  JIM Estill  Springs,  Franklin  Co Shooting  two  white 

men 

April  22.-.NO YES,  BERRY Lexington,  Henderson  Co Murdering  sheriff 

May  20....DEVERT,  THOMAS Erwin,  Unicoi  Co Murdering  white  girl 

TEXAS 

May  27....GOOLSIE,  KIRBY  Beaumont,  Jefferson  Co Attacking  white  girl 

June  4 . .CABANISS,  SARAH ) 

“ 4....CABANISS,  PETE | f Alleged  threat  by 

“ 4 CABANISS,  CUTE I Huntsville,  Walker  Co. —1  Geo.  Cabaniss  to 

“ 4....CABANISS,  TENOLA f [white  man 

'•  4...  CABANISS,  THOMAS  I 

“ 4.... CABANISS,  BESSIE j 

“ 4.... VALENTINE , EDW Sanderson,  Terrell  Co Murder 

July  27...BROWN,  GENE._ Benhur,  Terrell  Co Assault  on  white 

woman 

Sept.  1S._.0’NEAL,  ABE Buff  Lake,  Terrell  Co Shooting  white  man 

Nov.  14.... SHIPMAN,  CHARLES Ft.  Bend  Co Disagreement  with 

white  man 

VIRGINIA 

Nov.  24.. ..THOMPSON,  ALLIE Culpepper  Co -Assaulting  white 

woman 


WYOMING 

Dec.  10.. ..WOODSON,  EDWARD Green  River,  Sweetwater 

Co.  Killing  R.R.  switch- 

man 


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V ice-  Presidents 
Archibald  H.  Grimk6 
Rev.  John  Haynes  Holmes 
Bishop  John  Horst 
Capt.  Arthur  B.  Spingarn 
Oswald  Garrison  Villard 


John’  R.  Shillady,  Secretary 
Oswald  Garrison  Villard,  Treasurer 

Dr.  W.  E.  B.  Du  Bois.  Director  of  Publications  and  Research 
James  Weldon  Johnson,  Field  Secretary 
Walter  F.  White,  Assistant  Secretary 


BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 
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FOR  THE 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICERS 


Buffalo 


Boston 

Joseph  Prince  Loud 
Moorfield  Storey 
Butler  R.  Wilson 


Baltimore 

Bishop  John  Hurst 


Mary  B.  Talbert 


New  York 

Paul  Kennaday 
John  E.  Milholland 
Mary  White  Ovington 
Capt.  Arthur  B.  Spingarn 
Major  J.  E.  Spingarn 
Charles  H.  Studin 
Oswald  Garrison  Villard 
Lillian  D.  Wald 
William  English  Walling 


Chicago 

Jane  Addams 
Dr.  C.  E.  Bentley 


Philadelphia 

Dr.  William  A.  Sinclair 


Memphis 


Springfield 

Rev.  G.  R.  Waller 


R.  R.  Church 


New  Haven 

George  W.  Crawford 


St.  Louis 

Hon.  Charles  Nagel 


New  York 

Rev.  Hutchens  C.  Bishop 


WUberforce 

Col.  Chas.  Young,  U.  S.  A. 


Dr.  W.  E.  B.  Du  Bois 
Rev.  John  Haynes  Holmes 
Dr.  V.  Morton  Jones 
Florence  Kelley 


Washington 

Prof.  Geo.  William  Cook 
Archibald  H.  Grimk< 
Charles  Edward  Russell 


